izgat

Hungarian

Etymology

From izzik +‎ -gat (frequentative suffix, here with causative meaning).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈizɡɒt]
Hyphenation: iz‧gat
Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

izgat

(transitive) to excite, upset (to make someone anxious, worried)
(transitive) to excite, stimulate (physically)
(transitive) to provoke, incite, stir up (a large body of people)

Usage notes

The subject of certain verbs is not someone who acts but a stimulus that prompts sensory or emotional feelings, like when things interest someone, matter to someone, please someone or appeal to someone. In these cases, the experiencer can take the accusative (e.g. interest) or the dative (e.g. appeal). The experiencer is expressed with the dative in the case of hiányzik (“to be missing or missed by someone”), ízlik (“to taste good, to be pleasing”), kell (“to be needed, necessary, or required”), tetszik (“to be appealing”), and van/megvan (“to be had, to be owned by someone”).
If the experiencer is expressed with the accusative, third-person objects (him, her, it, or them) are considered definite, while first- and second-person objects (me, us, and you), indefinite. For example, the verb érdekel can take the definite form érdekli őt (“he/she is interested”, literally “it interests him/her”) or the indefinite form érdekel engem/téged/minket (“I am, you are, we are interested”, literally “it interests me, you, us”). The form érdekellek means “you are interested in me” (literally, “I interest you”). — Similar verbs include zavar (“to be bothered by”) and izgat (“to be upset or intrigued by”).[2]

Conjugation

conjugation of izgat

			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.	izgatok	izgatsz	izgat	izgatunk	izgattok	izgatnak
		Def.	izgatom	izgatod	izgatja	izgatjuk	izgatjátok	izgatják
		2nd-p. o.	izgatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	izgattam	izgattál	izgatott	izgattunk	izgattatok	izgattak
		Def.	izgattam	izgattad	izgatta	izgattuk	izgattátok	izgatták
		2nd-p. o.	izgattalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	izgatnék	izgatnál	izgatna	izgatnánk	izgatnátok	izgatnának
		Def.	izgatnám	izgatnád	izgatná	izgatnánk (or izgatnók)	izgatnátok	izgatnák
		2nd-p. o.	izgatnálak	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	izgassak	izgass or izgassál	izgasson	izgassunk	izgassatok	izgassanak
		Def.	izgassam	izgasd or izgassad	izgassa	izgassuk	izgassátok	izgassák
		2nd-p. o.	izgassalak	―
Infinitive	izgatni		izgatnom	izgatnod	izgatnia	izgatnunk	izgatnotok	izgatniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			izgatás	izgató	izgatott	izgatandó	izgatva	izgathat

Derived terms

izgatás

(With verbal prefixes):

agyonizgat
felizgat
túlizgat

References

izgat 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.)
See also Verbs and adjectives that behave differently (in English vs. in Hungarian), Által (’By’), on the past participles derived from such verbs, On verbs of emotion, with special regard to their aspectual properties, especially the chart on page 3. In addition, see Thematic relation and Theta role in Wikipedia.