behat

See also: behať and běhat

English

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Verb

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

Anagrams

• bathe, beath

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɦɒt]
• Hyphenation: be‧hat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

behat

1. (intransitive, archaic) to penetrate, enter

   Synonyms: behatol, bemegy, belép, bejut, beér

2. (intransitive, archaic) to affect, influence, impinge, act on, bear on (-ba/-be)

   Synonyms: hat, kihat, hatással van, érint, befolyásol

Conjugation

conjugation of behat

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.	behatok	behatsz	behat	behatunk	behattok	behatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	behatottam	behatottál	behatott	behatottunk	behatottatok	behatottak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	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. be fog hatni.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	behaték	behatál	behata	behatánk	behatátok	behatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. behat vala, behatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	behatandok	behatandasz	behatand	behatandunk	behatandotok	behatandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behatnék	behatnál	behatna	behatnánk	behatnátok	behatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. behatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behassak	behass or behassál	behasson	behassunk	behassatok	behassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. behatott légyen
Infinitive	behatni		behatnom	behatnod	behatnia	behatnunk	behatnotok	behatniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	behatás		beható	behatott	―	behatva (behatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem hat be or be is hat.

potential conjugation of behat

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.	behathatok	behathatsz	behathat	behathatunk	behathattok	behathatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	behathattam	behathattál	behathatott	behathattunk	behathattatok	behathattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	behathaték	behathatál	behathata	behathatánk	behathatátok	behathatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. behathat vala, behathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	behathatandok or behatandhatok	behathatandasz or behatandhatsz	behathatand or behatandhat	behathatandunk or behatandhatunk	behathatandotok or behatandhattok	behathatandanak or behatandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behathatnék	behathatnál	behathatna	behathatnánk	behathatnátok	behathatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. behathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	behathassak	behathass or behathassál	behathasson	behathassunk	behathassatok	behathassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. behathatott légyen
Inf.	(behathatni)		(behathatnom)	(behathatnod)	(behathatnia)	(behathatnunk)	(behathatnotok)	(behathatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(behathatva / behathatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem hathat be or be is hathat.

Further reading

• behat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• behat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxɑːt/, [beˈhɑːt]

Noun

behāt n

1. promise

Usage notes

The Late West Saxon of Ælfric used this word for "a promise," while the Early West Saxon of King Alfred used ġehāt instead.

Declension

Declension of behat (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	behāt	behāt
accusative	behāt	behāt
genitive	behātes	behāta
dative	behāte	behātum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEHĀT”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEHĀT supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.