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-hat
-hat
Hungarian
Suffix
-hat
- (potential suffix) can, could, may, might, be allowed to. Added to verbs, indicating possibility or permission.
Usage notes
- (potential suffix) Harmonic variants:
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-hat'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -hat</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *-ttëk.
Suffix
-hat
- Forms nouns from verbs, indicating where the action takes place.
- njuovvat (“to butcher”) + -hat → njuovahat (“slaughterhouse”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Even, hk-g gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -hat | |
| Genitive | -haga | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | -hat | -hagat |
| Accusative | -haga | -hagaid |
| Genitive | -haga | -hagaid |
| Illative | -hahkii | -hagaide |
| Locative | -hagas | -hagain |
| Comitative | -hagain | -hagaiguin |
| Essive | -hahkan | |
| Possessive forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | -hahkan | -hahkame | -hahkamet |
| 2nd person | -hahkat | -hahkade | -hahkadet |
| 3rd person | -hahkas | -hahkaska | -hahkaset |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Northern_Sami_words_suffixed_with_-hat'>Northern Sami words suffixed with -hat</a>