-at
Albanian
Etymology
Seen in toponyms such as Qesarat, Kastrat, Dukat, Progonat Bushat.[1] The [-t] as [-s] as both from similar Proto-Albanian *tāi and Proto-Albanian *tjā. Toponym is considered a preservation of Illyrian *-atāi, attested in [Labeatai], [Docleatae], [Autoriatae], [Delmatae].[2] See -të
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at/
References
- Dhrimo, Ali. Për Shqipen dhe shqiptarët. 2008
- Kulla, Ariola. (2010). the Albanian Lingustic Journey from Ancient Illyrcum to EU. Linköping University. p. 21.
Catalan
Suffix
-at (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ats, feminine plural -ates)
Suffix
-at (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ats, feminine plural -ates)
Suffix
-at m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ats)
- forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom
- almirall (“admiral”) + -at → almirallat (“admiralty”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-at”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “-at” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech
Derived terms
Further reading
- -at in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ātum, whence also English -ate, and the inherited French doublet -é.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a/
Suffix
-at m (plural -ats)
- denotes an action or a result of an action
- assassiner (“to assassinate”) + -at → assassinat (“assassination”)
Derived terms
References
- é-; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒt]
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Suffix
-at
Usage notes
- (causative suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- tisztít (“to clean”) + -tat → tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)
- -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
Derived terms
Further reading
- Műveltető (faktitív) “Factitive” in Kiefer, Ferenc (ed.). Strukturális magyar nyelvtan 3. Morfológia (“A structural grammar of Hungarian, Vol. 3. Morphology”), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000.
Suffix
-at
Usage notes
Derived terms
- sarkalatos
Etymology 3
Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions) | ||||||||
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ed | suffix | who? | what? | this | that | he/she (it)* | ||
case | v. pr. | c. | ||||||
nom. | – | ki | mi | ez | az | ő* / -∅ az / -∅ | – | – |
acc. | -t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt | kit | mit | ezt | azt | őt* / -∅ azt / -∅ | – | c1 c2 |
dat. | -nak / -nek | kinek | minek | ennek | annak | neki | neki- | c |
ins. | -val / -vel | kivel | mivel | ezzel/ evvel | azzal/ avval | vele | c | |
c-f. | -ért | kiért | miért | ezért | azért | érte | – | c |
tra. | -vá / -vé | kivé | mivé | ezzé | azzá | – | – | c |
ter. | -ig | – | meddig | eddig | addig | – | – | c |
e-f. | -ként | (kiként) | (miként) | ekként | akként | – | – | c |
e-m. | -ul / -ül | – | – | – | – | – | – | c |
ine. | -ban / -ben | kiben | miben | ebben | abban | benne | – | c |
sup. | -n/-on/-en/-ön | kin | min | ezen | azon | rajta | (rajta-) | c |
ade. | -nál / -nél | kinél | minél | ennél | annál | nála | – | c |
ill. | -ba / -be | kibe | mibe | ebbe | abba | bele | bele- | c |
sub. | -ra / -re | kire | mire | erre | arra | rá | rá- | c |
all. | -hoz/-hez/-höz | kihez | mihez | ehhez | ahhoz | hozzá | hozzá- | c |
el. | -ból / -ből | kiből | miből | ebből | abból | belőle | – | c |
del. | -ról / -ről | kiről | miről | erről | arról | róla | – | c |
abl. | -tól / -től | kitől | mitől | ettől | attól | tőle | – | c |
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All » |
Suffix
-at (accusative case suffix)
- Forms the accusative case for a certain group of back-vowel nouns and numerals, back-vowel past participles, most back-vowel adjectives, and all back-vowel forms following any other inflectional suffix(es).
- ház (“house”) → Vettem egy házat. ― I bought a house.
- okos (“smart, clever”) → okosat (“smart, clever [acc.]”)
- hány? (“how many”) → hányat? (“how many [acc.]”)
- három (“three”) → hármat (“three [acc.]”)
- ablakok (“windows”) → ablakokat (“windows [acc.]”)
- asztalom (“my desk/table”) → asztalomat (“my desk/table [acc.]”)
- nagyobb (“bigger”) → nagyobbat (“a/the bigger one [acc.]”)
- nyitott (“opened”) → nyitottat (“the opened one [acc.]”)
Usage notes
- (accusative case suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:
- -t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.
- -ot is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -at is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -et is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öt is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -∅ (zero form), optionally, after possessive suffixes, especially in the singular but sometimes also in the plural (and not infrequently after multiple-possession forms as well), except for the third-person singular (“his/her/its”, -ja/-je) as its omission would not reduce the number of syllables.
- Elviszem a kabátom(at/∅), kabátod(at/∅); kabátunk(at/∅), kabátotok(at/∅), kabátjuk(at/∅); kabátjaim(at/∅) etc.
- I’ll take my coat, your coat; our coat, [plural] your coat, their coat; my coats etc.
- It is also omitted usually from the accusative forms of first- and second-person singular personal pronouns (engem, téged (“me, you”)).
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
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unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |
Etymology 4
From -atik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.
Suffix
-at
- Combining form of -atik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
- elnyomatik (“to be suppressed”) → elnyomatás (“suppression”, being suppressed).
Usage notes
(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-āt, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /at/, [ät̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /at/, [ät̪]
Suffix
-āt
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːt/
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈ-ah(t)/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *-ëŋkë.
Suffix
-at
- Forms adjectives indicating something that is possessed as a characteristic.
- guhkes juolgi (“long leg”) + -at → guhkesjuolggat (“long-legged”)
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Odd, no gradation | ||
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Attributive | -at | |
Nominative | -at | |
Genitive | -aga | |
Attributive | -at | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | -at | -agat |
Accusative | -aga | -agiid |
Genitive | -aga | -agiid |
Illative | -agii | -agiidda |
Locative | -agis | -agiin |
Comitative | -agiin | -agiiguin |
Essive | -agin |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Samic *-ëtē, from Proto-Uralic *-eta. Related to Finnish -ea/-eä.
Suffix
-at
- Forms adjectives from stems, without any particular meaning. Often, the more basic stem is an adverb, the adjective's own attributive form, or has fallen out of use altogether.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Odd, no gradation | ||
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Attributive | — | |
Nominative | -at | |
Genitive | -ada | |
Attributive | — | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | -at | -adat |
Accusative | -ada | -adiid |
Genitive | -ada | -adiid |
Illative | -adii | -adiidda |
Locative | -adis | -adiin |
Comitative | -adiin | -adiiguin |
Essive | -adin |
Derived terms
Inflection
Even a-stem, hk-g gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -at | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -aga | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -at | -agat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -aga | -agaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -aga | -agaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -ahkii | -agaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -agas | -again | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -again | -agaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -ahkan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegian Bokmål
Suffix
-at n
- used to form nouns
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Suffix
-at n
- used to form nouns
Derived terms
References
- “-at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *aiwwihtiz, whence Old English āwiht (“anything, something; at all”). The prototype of ek veit-at 'I don't know' would then be Proto-Norse *ek ne wait aiwwihti 'I know not at all', after which *aiwwihti was reduced to -at and ne eventually dropped in a process identical to the origin of French pas (“not”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Derived terms
References
- at in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-at/
Suffix
-at
- Second person plural suffix
Alternative forms
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: at
Declension
Inanimate declension:
Animate declension:
Derived terms
Further reading
- -at in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at/
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-at (Cyrillic spelling -ат)
- Used on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords, rarely of native words, to build nouns of various meanings.
- Denoting a person.
- adrèsa → adrèsāt
- ȗnija → unìjat
- Ȃzija → Azìjat
- Mìja → Mìjat
- delegácija → delègāt
- kandidírati → kandìdāt
- Denoting a room, building or field.
- Denoting an honor or service.
- Denoting collectivity.
- Denoting things.
- bikarbóna → bikarbònāt
- jod → jòdāt
- separirati → sepàrāt
- Denoting abstract notions.
- Denoting a person.
Derived terms
References
- Babić, Stjepan (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, Zagreb: HAZU, page(s) 358
Volapük
Suffix
-at
- Used to indicate an amount