alkot

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same alk- stem as alkuszik (“to bargain”) + -t (instantaneous suffix).[1] The original stem is probably related to Hungarian alkalom (“opportunity”) and alku (“deal”), and it may also be related to Hungarian olt (“to vaccinate”), which may derive from Proto-Uralic *alɜ- (“to add/fasten to something, fit”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒlkot]
Hyphenation: al‧kot
Rhymes: -ot

Verb

alkot

(transitive) to create (especially something creative, imaginative, and originative)
Synonyms: készít, csinál, létrehoz, képez, kialakít
(transitive) to make, make up, form, compose, constitute
Synonyms: kitesz, (the latter with -ból/-ből for the constituents) áll

Conjugation

conjugation of alkot

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	alkotok	alkotsz	alkot	alkotunk	alkottok	alkotnak
		Def.	alkotom	alkotod	alkotja	alkotjuk	alkotjátok	alkotják
		2nd-p. o.	alkotlak	―
	Past	Indef.	alkottam	alkottál	alkotott	alkottunk	alkottatok	alkottak
		Def.	alkottam	alkottad	alkotta	alkottuk	alkottátok	alkották
		2nd-p. o.	alkottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. alkotni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	alkoték	alkotál	alkota	alkotánk	alkotátok	alkotának
		Def.	alkotám	alkotád	alkotá	alkotánk	alkotátok	alkoták
		2nd-p. o.	alkotálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. alkot vala, alkotott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	alkotandok	alkotandasz	alkotand	alkotandunk	alkotandotok	alkotandanak
		Def.	alkotandom	alkotandod	alkotandja	alkotandjuk	alkotandjátok	alkotandják
		2nd-p. o.	alkotandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	alkotnék	alkotnál	alkotna	alkotnánk	alkotnátok	alkotnának
		Def.	alkotnám	alkotnád	alkotná	alkotnánk (or alkotnók)	alkotnátok	alkotnák
		2nd-p. o.	alkotnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. alkotott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	alkossak	alkoss or alkossál	alkosson	alkossunk	alkossatok	alkossanak
		Def.	alkossam	alkosd or alkossad	alkossa	alkossuk	alkossátok	alkossák
		2nd-p. o.	alkossalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. alkotott légyen
Infinitive	alkotni		alkotnom	alkotnod	alkotnia	alkotnunk	alkotnotok	alkotniuk
Other forms	alkotás		alkotó	alkotott	alkotandó	alkotva (alkotván)		alkottat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of alkot

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	alkothatok	alkothatsz	alkothat	alkothatunk	alkothattok	alkothatnak
		Def.	alkothatom	alkothatod	alkothatja	alkothatjuk	alkothatjátok	alkothatják
		2nd-p. o.	alkothatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	alkothattam	alkothattál	alkothatott	alkothattunk	alkothattatok	alkothattak
		Def.	alkothattam	alkothattad	alkothatta	alkothattuk	alkothattátok	alkothatták
		2nd-p. o.	alkothattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	alkothaték	alkothatál	alkothata	alkothatánk	alkothatátok	alkothatának
		Def.	alkothatám	alkothatád	alkothatá	alkothatánk	alkothatátok	alkothaták
		2nd-p. o.	alkothatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. alkothat vala, alkothatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	alkothatandok or alkotandhatok	alkothatandasz or alkotandhatsz	alkothatand or alkotandhat	alkothatandunk or alkotandhatunk	alkothatandotok or alkotandhattok	alkothatandanak or alkotandhatnak
		Def.	alkothatandom or alkotandhatom	alkothatandod or alkotandhatod	alkothatandja or alkotandhatja	alkothatandjuk or alkotandhatjuk	alkothatandjátok or alkotandhatjátok	alkothatandják or alkotandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	alkothatandalak or alkotandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	alkothatnék	alkothatnál	alkothatna	alkothatnánk	alkothatnátok	alkothatnának
		Def.	alkothatnám	alkothatnád	alkothatná	alkothatnánk (or alkothatnók)	alkothatnátok	alkothatnák
		2nd-p. o.	alkothatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. alkothatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	alkothassak	alkothass or alkothassál	alkothasson	alkothassunk	alkothassatok	alkothassanak
		Def.	alkothassam	alkothasd or alkothassad	alkothassa	alkothassuk	alkothassátok	alkothassák
		2nd-p. o.	alkothassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. alkothatott légyen
Inf.	(alkothatni)		(alkothatnom)	(alkothatnod)	(alkothatnia)	(alkothatnunk)	(alkothatnotok)	(alkothatniuk)
Positive adjective			alkotható	Neg. adj.	alkothatatlan	Adv. part.	(alkothatva / alkothatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

megalkot
újjáalkot
újraalkot

References

alkot in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Entry #1721 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.