ríkat

See also: rikat and říkat

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as rí (“to cry, weep; to howl, roar, bellow”) +‎ -at (causative suffix). For the inserted -k-, compare rikácsol (“to screech, shriek”) and rikolt (“to squawk, cry out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈriːkɒt]
• Hyphenation: rí‧kat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

ríkat

1. (transitive) to make someone cry (weep)

   Antonym: nevettet (“to make someone laugh”)

Usage notes

The more usual verb that means “to cry, weep” (sír) cannot be used with a causative suffix to express the above sense, as sirat actually means “to weep, mourn for/over someone or something”.

Conjugation

conjugation of ríkat

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.	ríkatok	ríkatsz	ríkat	ríkatunk	ríkattok	ríkatnak
		Def.	ríkatom	ríkatod	ríkatja	ríkatjuk	ríkatjátok	ríkatják
		2nd-p. o.	ríkatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	ríkattam	ríkattál	ríkatott	ríkattunk	ríkattatok	ríkattak
		Def.	ríkattam	ríkattad	ríkatta	ríkattuk	ríkattátok	ríkatták
		2nd-p. o.	ríkattalak	―
	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. ríkatni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ríkaték	ríkatál	ríkata	ríkatánk	ríkatátok	ríkatának
		Def.	ríkatám	ríkatád	ríkatá	ríkatánk	ríkatátok	ríkaták
		2nd-p. o.	ríkatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ríkat vala, ríkatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ríkatandok	ríkatandasz	ríkatand	ríkatandunk	ríkatandotok	ríkatandanak
		Def.	ríkatandom	ríkatandod	ríkatandja	ríkatandjuk	ríkatandjátok	ríkatandják
		2nd-p. o.	ríkatandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ríkatnék	ríkatnál	ríkatna	ríkatnánk	ríkatnátok	ríkatnának
		Def.	ríkatnám	ríkatnád	ríkatná	ríkatnánk (or ríkatnók)	ríkatnátok	ríkatnák
		2nd-p. o.	ríkatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ríkatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ríkassak	ríkass or ríkassál	ríkasson	ríkassunk	ríkassatok	ríkassanak
		Def.	ríkassam	ríkasd or ríkassad	ríkassa	ríkassuk	ríkassátok	ríkassák
		2nd-p. o.	ríkassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ríkatott légyen
Infinitive	ríkatni		ríkatnom	ríkatnod	ríkatnia	ríkatnunk	ríkatnotok	ríkatniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	ríkatás		ríkató	ríkatott	ríkatandó	ríkatva (ríkatván)
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 ríkat

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.	ríkathatok	ríkathatsz	ríkathat	ríkathatunk	ríkathattok	ríkathatnak
		Def.	ríkathatom	ríkathatod	ríkathatja	ríkathatjuk	ríkathatjátok	ríkathatják
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	ríkathattam	ríkathattál	ríkathatott	ríkathattunk	ríkathattatok	ríkathattak
		Def.	ríkathattam	ríkathattad	ríkathatta	ríkathattuk	ríkathattátok	ríkathatták
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ríkathaték	ríkathatál	ríkathata	ríkathatánk	ríkathatátok	ríkathatának
		Def.	ríkathatám	ríkathatád	ríkathatá	ríkathatánk	ríkathatátok	ríkathaták
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ríkathat vala, ríkathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ríkathatandok or ríkatandhatok	ríkathatandasz or ríkatandhatsz	ríkathatand or ríkatandhat	ríkathatandunk or ríkatandhatunk	ríkathatandotok or ríkatandhattok	ríkathatandanak or ríkatandhatnak
		Def.	ríkathatandom or ríkatandhatom	ríkathatandod or ríkatandhatod	ríkathatandja or ríkatandhatja	ríkathatandjuk or ríkatandhatjuk	ríkathatandjátok or ríkatandhatjátok	ríkathatandják or ríkatandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathatandalak or ríkatandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ríkathatnék	ríkathatnál	ríkathatna	ríkathatnánk	ríkathatnátok	ríkathatnának
		Def.	ríkathatnám	ríkathatnád	ríkathatná	ríkathatnánk (or ríkathatnók)	ríkathatnátok	ríkathatnák
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ríkathatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ríkathassak	ríkathass or ríkathassál	ríkathasson	ríkathassunk	ríkathassatok	ríkathassanak
		Def.	ríkathassam	ríkathasd or ríkathassad	ríkathassa	ríkathassuk	ríkathassátok	ríkathassák
		2nd-p. o.	ríkathassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ríkathatott légyen
Inf.	(ríkathatni)		(ríkathatnom)	(ríkathatnod)	(ríkathatnia)	(ríkathatnunk)	(ríkathatnotok)	(ríkathatniuk)
Positive adjective			ríkatható	Neg. adj.	ríkathatatlan	Adv. part.	(ríkathatva / ríkathatván)

Derived terms

• ríkatás
• ríkatható

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• megríkat

Further reading

• ríkat 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