firtat

See also: Fîrtat

Hungarian

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested stem (related to obsolete fitog(at) and present-day fitogtat) + -tat (frequentative-causative suffix). The -r- may reflect semantic, possibly also etymological influence of fürkész (ik).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfirtɒt]
Hyphenation: fir‧tat
Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

firtat

(transitive) to pry into, be inquisitive, try to get to the bottom of something
Synonyms: kíváncsiskodik, kérdezget, kutakodik, beleüti az orrát, feszeget, vájkál, szimatol

Hypernyms: kérdez, érdeklődik, tudakol, kutat, fürkész (ik), vizsgál

ezt (most) ne firtassuk ― let’s leave it at that (literally, “let’s not pry into this (now)”)

Conjugation

conjugation of firtat

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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.	firtatok	firtatsz	firtat	firtatunk	firtattok	firtatnak
		Def.	firtatom	firtatod	firtatja	firtatjuk	firtatjátok	firtatják
		2nd-p. o.	firtatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	firtattam	firtattál	firtatott	firtattunk	firtattatok	firtattak
		Def.	firtattam	firtattad	firtatta	firtattuk	firtattátok	firtatták
		2nd-p. o.	firtattalak	―
	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. firtatni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	firtaték	firtatál	firtata	firtatánk	firtatátok	firtatának
		Def.	firtatám	firtatád	firtatá	firtatánk	firtatátok	firtaták
		2nd-p. o.	firtatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. firtat vala, firtatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	firtatandok	firtatandasz	firtatand	firtatandunk	firtatandotok	firtatandanak
		Def.	firtatandom	firtatandod	firtatandja	firtatandjuk	firtatandjátok	firtatandják
		2nd-p. o.	firtatandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	firtatnék	firtatnál	firtatna	firtatnánk	firtatnátok	firtatnának
		Def.	firtatnám	firtatnád	firtatná	firtatnánk (or firtatnók)	firtatnátok	firtatnák
		2nd-p. o.	firtatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. firtatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	firtassak	firtass or firtassál	firtasson	firtassunk	firtassatok	firtassanak
		Def.	firtassam	firtasd or firtassad	firtassa	firtassuk	firtassátok	firtassák
		2nd-p. o.	firtassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. firtatott légyen
Infinitive	firtatni		firtatnom	firtatnod	firtatnia	firtatnunk	firtatnotok	firtatniuk
Other forms	firtatás		firtató	firtatott	firtatandó	firtatva (firtatván)
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 firtat

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.	firtathatok	firtathatsz	firtathat	firtathatunk	firtathattok	firtathatnak
		Def.	firtathatom	firtathatod	firtathatja	firtathatjuk	firtathatjátok	firtathatják
		2nd-p. o.	firtathatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	firtathattam	firtathattál	firtathatott	firtathattunk	firtathattatok	firtathattak
		Def.	firtathattam	firtathattad	firtathatta	firtathattuk	firtathattátok	firtathatták
		2nd-p. o.	firtathattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	firtathaték	firtathatál	firtathata	firtathatánk	firtathatátok	firtathatának
		Def.	firtathatám	firtathatád	firtathatá	firtathatánk	firtathatátok	firtathaták
		2nd-p. o.	firtathatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. firtathat vala, firtathatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	firtathatandok or firtatandhatok	firtathatandasz or firtatandhatsz	firtathatand or firtatandhat	firtathatandunk or firtatandhatunk	firtathatandotok or firtatandhattok	firtathatandanak or firtatandhatnak
		Def.	firtathatandom or firtatandhatom	firtathatandod or firtatandhatod	firtathatandja or firtatandhatja	firtathatandjuk or firtatandhatjuk	firtathatandjátok or firtatandhatjátok	firtathatandják or firtatandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	firtathatandalak or firtatandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	firtathatnék	firtathatnál	firtathatna	firtathatnánk	firtathatnátok	firtathatnának
		Def.	firtathatnám	firtathatnád	firtathatná	firtathatnánk (or firtathatnók)	firtathatnátok	firtathatnák
		2nd-p. o.	firtathatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. firtathatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	firtathassak	firtathass or firtathassál	firtathasson	firtathassunk	firtathassatok	firtathassanak
		Def.	firtathassam	firtathasd or firtathassad	firtathassa	firtathassuk	firtathassátok	firtathassák
		2nd-p. o.	firtathassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. firtathatott légyen
Inf.	(firtathatni)		(firtathatnom)	(firtathatnod)	(firtathatnia)	(firtathatnunk)	(firtathatnotok)	(firtathatniuk)
Positive adjective			firtatható	Neg. adj.	firtathatatlan	Adv. part.	(firtathatva / firtathatván)

References

^ firtat in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.