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-öt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -ö- (linking vowel) +‎ -t (accusative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-öt (accusative case suffix)

  1. Rounded front-vowel variant of -t. See details there.
    öt (five) + ‎-öt → ‎ötöt (five [acc.])
    Hány könyvet vettél? - Ötöt.How many books did you buy? - Five.

Usage notes

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  • (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)).
Hungarian case suffixes
case back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú
front vowel
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 -ként1
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

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    almaalmában, but almaként
    zenezenében, but zeneként

See also

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal prefix category
nominative ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá category
terminative -ig meddig eddig addig category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként category
essive-modal -ul / -ül category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle category

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template