-aszt

Hungarian

Etymology

From -sz (“frequentative suffix”) + -t (“causative suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɒst]

Suffix

-aszt

  1. (causative suffix) Added to a verb or less frequently to a noun to form a transitive verb.
    múlik (“to pass”) → mulaszt (“to miss, i.e. to make or let sth pass”)
    lyuk (“hole”) → lyukaszt (“to punch a hole”)

Usage notes
  • (causative suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -aszt is added to back vowel words
    -eszt is added to unrounded front vowel words
    -öszt is added to rounded front vowel words
  • Many stems that use -aszt also use the frequentative intransitive suffix -ad:
    akaszt (“to hang something”) → akad (“to get stuck, get hung”)
    horpaszt (“to make a dent”) → horpad (“to get dented”)
    olvaszt (“to melt something”) → olvad (“to melt”)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-aszt' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -aszt'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -aszt</a>

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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