magát

See also: magat, Magat, MAGAt, and MAGAT

Hungarian

Etymology

maga +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡaːt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧gát

Pronoun

magát

1. accusative singular of maga (“oneself”): oneself (as the direct object of a verb)

   kizárja magát ― to lock oneself out

   összeszedi magát ― to pull oneself together

   megadja magát ― to surrender (not reflexive in English)

   érzi magát ― to feel (weel/unwell/etc.; not reflexive in English)

Usage notes

• When the reflexive pronoun is the object of a verb, it is considered definite, so it takes the definite forms of the verb (such as kizárja instead of kizár and összeszedi instead of összeszed in the examples above, for back- and front-vowel verbs, respectively).
• Similarly to English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, etc., the form of magát changes with each person; see the declension table below.

Declension

As usual with possessive-suffixed forms, the word-final accusative suffix can be omitted in the first- and second-person singular. (In the plural, such an omission is less common, considered as folksy.)

Possessive forms of magát
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	magam(at)	—
2nd person sing.	magad(at)	—
3rd person sing.	magát	—
1st person plural	magunkat	—
2nd person plural	magatokat	—
3rd person plural	magukat	—

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian verbs used reflexively with magát

Expressions

• halálra neveti magát
• kényelembe helyezi magát

 

Pronoun

magát

1. accusative singular of maga (“you”, formal, singular): you (as the direct object of a verb)

   Magát kerestem. ― I've been looking for you.

Coordinate terms

• (singular): engem(et) (“me”) ― (informal) téged(et), (formal) magát, (official) önt (“you”) ― őt (“him/her”);
  (plural): minket/bennünket (“us”) ― (infml) titeket/benneteket, (fml) magukat, (off.) önöket (“you all”) ― őket (“them”)

Derived terms

Expressions

• hogy érzi magát?

 

Further reading

• Expressions with “magát” in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN