sivít

See also: sivit

Hungarian

Etymology

From the siv- root of the onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) sí (“to howl, cry”) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃiviːt]
Hyphenation: si‧vít
Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

sivít

(intransitive, of strong air flow) to howl, shriek, scream (to give a high-pitched, sharp sound, e.g. wind)
Synonyms: fütyül, zúg, süvölt, üvölt
(intransitive) to whistle, shriek, whoosh (of a bullet fired or an object passing at high speed: to give an unpleasant sharp, whistling sound while flying)
Synonym: fütyül
(intransitive) to scream (of a machine tool such as a saw: to give a sharp sound due to friction)
(intransitive, of a person or animal) to scream, screech, shriek, shrill (to cry out with an earsplitting shrill voice)
Synonyms: sivalkodik, visítozik, visít, sipít

Egy bagoly sivított a távolban. ― An owl shrilled in the distance.
(transitive) to shriek, shrill (to utter something sharply; to utter in or with a shriek)

Conjugation

conjugation of sivít

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.	sivítok	sivítasz	sivít	sivítunk	sivítotok	sivítanak
		Def.	sivítom	sivítod	sivítja	sivítjuk	sivítjátok	sivítják
		2nd-p. o.	sivítalak	―
	Past	Indef.	sivítottam	sivítottál	sivított	sivítottunk	sivítottatok	sivítottak
		Def.	sivítottam	sivítottad	sivította	sivítottuk	sivítottátok	sivították
		2nd-p. o.	sivítottalak	―
	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. sivítani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	sivíték	sivítál	sivíta	sivítánk	sivítátok	sivítának
		Def.	sivítám	sivítád	sivítá	sivítánk	sivítátok	sivíták
		2nd-p. o.	sivítálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. sivít vala, sivított vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	sivítandok	sivítandasz	sivítand	sivítandunk	sivítandotok	sivítandanak
		Def.	sivítandom	sivítandod	sivítandja	sivítandjuk	sivítandjátok	sivítandják
		2nd-p. o.	sivítandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	sivítanék	sivítanál	sivítana	sivítanánk	sivítanátok	sivítanának
		Def.	sivítanám	sivítanád	sivítaná	sivítanánk (or sivítanók)	sivítanátok	sivítanák
		2nd-p. o.	sivítanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. sivított volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	sivítsak	sivíts or sivítsál	sivítson	sivítsunk	sivítsatok	sivítsanak
		Def.	sivítsam	sivítsd or sivítsad	sivítsa	sivítsuk	sivítsátok	sivítsák
		2nd-p. o.	sivítsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. sivított légyen
Infinitive	sivítani		sivítanom	sivítanod	sivítania	sivítanunk	sivítanotok	sivítaniuk
Other forms	sivítás		sivító	sivított	sivítandó	sivítva (sivítván)		sivíttat
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 sivít

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.	sivíthatok	sivíthatsz	sivíthat	sivíthatunk	sivíthattok	sivíthatnak
		Def.	sivíthatom	sivíthatod	sivíthatja	sivíthatjuk	sivíthatjátok	sivíthatják
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	sivíthattam	sivíthattál	sivíthatott	sivíthattunk	sivíthattatok	sivíthattak
		Def.	sivíthattam	sivíthattad	sivíthatta	sivíthattuk	sivíthattátok	sivíthatták
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	sivíthaték	sivíthatál	sivíthata	sivíthatánk	sivíthatátok	sivíthatának
		Def.	sivíthatám	sivíthatád	sivíthatá	sivíthatánk	sivíthatátok	sivíthaták
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. sivíthat vala, sivíthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	sivíthatandok or sivítandhatok	sivíthatandasz or sivítandhatsz	sivíthatand or sivítandhat	sivíthatandunk or sivítandhatunk	sivíthatandotok or sivítandhattok	sivíthatandanak or sivítandhatnak
		Def.	sivíthatandom or sivítandhatom	sivíthatandod or sivítandhatod	sivíthatandja or sivítandhatja	sivíthatandjuk or sivítandhatjuk	sivíthatandjátok or sivítandhatjátok	sivíthatandják or sivítandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthatandalak or sivítandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	sivíthatnék	sivíthatnál	sivíthatna	sivíthatnánk	sivíthatnátok	sivíthatnának
		Def.	sivíthatnám	sivíthatnád	sivíthatná	sivíthatnánk (or sivíthatnók)	sivíthatnátok	sivíthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. sivíthatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	sivíthassak	sivíthass or sivíthassál	sivíthasson	sivíthassunk	sivíthassatok	sivíthassanak
		Def.	sivíthassam	sivíthasd or sivíthassad	sivíthassa	sivíthassuk	sivíthassátok	sivíthassák
		2nd-p. o.	sivíthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. sivíthatott légyen
Inf.	(sivíthatni)		(sivíthatnom)	(sivíthatnod)	(sivíthatnia)	(sivíthatnunk)	(sivíthatnotok)	(sivíthatniuk)
Positive adjective			sivítható	Neg. adj.	sivíthatatlan	Adv. part.	(sivíthatva / sivíthatván)

Derived terms

sivítás

(With verbal prefixes):

References

^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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Contents

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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