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Appendix:Variations of "it" Hungarian Etymology It can be traced back to the ancient multi-element Finno-Ugric (Uralic) *-kt, the elements of which are the frequentative *-k and the causative hu -t verb-forming. In Hungarian, regular phonological development caused this *-kt to first become -χt, then -it. The -i formed a diphthong with the vowel at the end of the stem in front of it, which is the origin of the -ajt / -ejt variants that still exists today in some old or dialect words (e.g. hu hullajt, hu veszejt). The diphthong then monophthongized to become -í, resulting in the modern colloquial -ít formant. When added to base verbs, this is most often found as a causative suffix, but it usually no longer expresses real causation, it merely changes the base verb to a transitive. For causation, it must be supplemented with the suffix hu -tat / hu -tet, as in hu taníttat to have someone taught. Pronunciation Suffix hu suffix hu verb-forming suffix -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other stem to form a verb expressing causation (make something ...-like). hu -at/-et -tat/-tet -aszt/-eszt/-öszt -jt/-ajt/-ejt -dít obsolete in this sense -t hu alap base alapít to found hu szép beautiful szépít to make more beautiful hu áll to stand állít to assert, claim Usage notes Sometimes hu -ít is attached to a stem that is not used alone, only with a family of suffixes. Sometimes it can alternate with hu -ajt/-ejt and/or hu -aszt/-eszt, e.g. hu szakít ~ hu szakajt ~ hu szakaszt, hu taszít ~ hu taszajt, hu veríték verít(ék) ~ hu verejték verejt(ék), hu veszít ~ hu veszejt (the latter pair with slightly different meanings). In other cases, only the hu -ajt/-ejt and/or hu -aszt/-eszt form exists, e.g. hu szalajt ~ hu szalaszt, hu hullajt, hu zülleszt. Derived terms hu verb See also Appendix:Hungarian suffixes References Irish Suffix n f -ite Declension - ít íte ítí Derived terms ga