-aszt

See also: ászt

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɒst]

Suffix

-aszt

(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”)

Synonyms: -at/-et, -tat/-tet, -jt/-ajt/-ejt, -ít, -dít, (obsolete in this sense) -t

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

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -aszt

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

-aszt 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.)

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