izgat

Hungarian

Etymology

From izzik (“to glow”, including metaphorical emotional senses) +‎ -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)
1. to bother (to be the object of care or interest for)
  Fogalmam sincs, miképpen történhetett mindez, és hogy őszinte legyek, nem is izgat.
  I have no idea how it could have happened, and in a very real sense, I don't care.
(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”), 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 intrigued by”).^[2]

Conjugation

Conjugation of *izgat*
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	indicative	present	indef.	izgatok	izgatsz	izgat	izgatunk	izgattok	izgatnak
			def.	izgatom	izgatod	izgatja	izgatjuk	izgatjátok	izgatják
			2nd obj	izgatlak
		past	indef.	izgattam	izgattál	izgatott	izgattunk	izgattatok	izgattak
			def.	izgattam	izgattad	izgatta	izgattuk	izgattátok	izgatták
			2nd obj	izgattalak
		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. izgatni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	izgaték	izgatál	izgata	izgatánk	izgatátok	izgatának
		def.	izgatám	izgatád	izgatá	izgatánk	izgatátok	izgaták
		2nd obj	izgatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. izgat vala, izgatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	izgatandok	izgatandasz	izgatand	izgatandunk	izgatandotok	izgatandanak
		def.	izgatandom	izgatandod	izgatandja	izgatandjuk	izgatandjátok	izgatandják
		2nd obj	izgatandalak

conditional		present	indef.	izgatnék	izgatnál	izgatna	izgatnánk	izgatnátok	izgatnának
	def.		izgatnám	izgatnád	izgatná	izgatnánk (or izgatnók)	izgatnátok	izgatnák
	2nd obj		izgatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. izgatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	izgassak	izgass or izgassál	izgasson	izgassunk	izgassatok	izgassanak
			def.	izgassam	izgasd or izgassad	izgassa	izgassuk	izgassátok	izgassák
			2nd obj	izgassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. izgatott légyen

infinitive		izgatni		izgatnom	izgatnod	izgatnia	izgatnunk	izgatnotok	izgatniuk
other forms	izgatás		izgató	izgatott	izgatandó	izgatva (izgatván)
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 *izgat*
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
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	indicative	present	indef.	izgathatok	izgathatsz	izgathat	izgathatunk	izgathattok	izgathatnak
			def.	izgathatom	izgathatod	izgathatja	izgathatjuk	izgathatjátok	izgathatják
			2nd obj	izgathatlak
		past	indef.	izgathattam	izgathattál	izgathatott	izgathattunk	izgathattatok	izgathattak
			def.	izgathattam	izgathattad	izgathatta	izgathattuk	izgathattátok	izgathatták
			2nd obj	izgathattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	izgathaték	izgathatál	izgathata	izgathatánk	izgathatátok	izgathatának
		def.	izgathatám	izgathatád	izgathatá	izgathatánk	izgathatátok	izgathaták
		2nd obj	izgathatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. izgathat vala, izgathatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	izgathatandok or izgatandhatok	izgathatandasz or izgatandhatsz	izgathatand or izgatandhat	izgathatandunk or izgatandhatunk	izgathatandotok or izgatandhattok	izgathatandanak or izgatandhatnak
		def.	izgathatandom or izgatandhatom	izgathatandod or izgatandhatod	izgathatandja or izgatandhatja	izgathatandjuk or izgatandhatjuk	izgathatandjátok or izgatandhatjátok	izgathatandják or izgatandhatják
		2nd obj	izgathatandalak or izgatandhatlak

conditional		present	indef.	izgathatnék	izgathatnál	izgathatna	izgathatnánk	izgathatnátok	izgathatnának
	def.		izgathatnám	izgathatnád	izgathatná	izgathatnánk (or izgathatnók)	izgathatnátok	izgathatnák
	2nd obj		izgathatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. izgathatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	izgathassak	izgathass or izgathassál	izgathasson	izgathassunk	izgathassatok	izgathassanak
			def.	izgathassam	izgathasd or izgathassad	izgathassa	izgathassuk	izgathassátok	izgathassák
			2nd obj	izgathassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. izgathatott légyen

infinitive		(izgathatni)		(izgathatnom)	(izgathatnod)	(izgathatnia)	(izgathatnunk)	(izgathatnotok)	(izgathatniuk)
other forms	izgatható			izgathatatlan		(izgathatva / izgathatván)

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.