-at

See also: Appendix:Variations of "at"

Albanian

Etymology

Seen in toponyms such as Qesarat, Kastrat, Dukat, Progonat Bushat. The [-t] as [-s] as both from similar Proto-Albanian *tāi and Proto-Albanian *tjā. Toponym is considered a preservation of Illyrian *-atāi, attested in [Labeatai], [Docleatae], [Autoriatae], [Delmatae]. See -të

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Suffix

-at m (-at m)

1. used to form toponyms. -ian

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus.

Suffix

-at (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ats, feminine plural -ates)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar

   ‎parlar (“to speak”) + ‎-at → ‎parlat (“spoken”)

Suffix

-at (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ats, feminine plural -ates)

1. forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”

   ‎piga (“freckle”) + ‎-at → ‎pigat (“freckled”)

Suffix

-at m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ats)

1. forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom

   ‎almirall (“admiral”) + ‎-at → ‎almirallat (“admiralty”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -at

Further reading

• “-at”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “-at” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Suffix

-at

1. a common ending for many infinitive verbs

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -at

Further reading

• -at in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātum, whence also English -ate, and the inherited French doublet -é.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-at m (plural -ats)

1. denotes an action or a result of an action

   ‎assassiner (“to assassinate”) + ‎-at → ‎assassinat (“assassination”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -at

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātum, whence also English -ate.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Suffix

-at n

1. -ate

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -at

Descendants

• → Russian: -ат (-at)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: -ат
  • Latin script: -at
• → Ukrainian: -ат (-at)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒt]
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -t (causative suffix).

Suffix

-at

2. (causative suffix) Added to a back-vowel verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let or make somebody do something.

   Synonyms: -tat/-tet, -aszt/-eszt/-öszt, -jt/-ajt/-ejt, -ít, -dít, (obsolete in this sense) -t

   ‎zár (“to close”) + ‎-at → ‎zárat (“to make someone close something or to have something closed”)

Usage notes

• (causative suffix) Variants:

  -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-at → ‎várat (“to have someone wait”)

  -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  ‎kér (“to ask for”) + ‎-et → ‎kéret (“to have someone ask(ed) for; to summon someone [by ordering a servant to fetch him/her]”)

  -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  ‎tisztít (“to clean”) + ‎-tat → ‎tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)

  -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  ‎keres (“to look for”) + ‎-tet → ‎kerestet (“to have someone look(ed) for”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -at

Further reading

• Műveltető (faktitív) “Factitive” in Kiefer, Ferenc (ed.). Strukturális magyar nyelvtan 3. Morfológia (“A structural grammar of Hungarian, Vol. 3. Morphology”), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000.

Etymology 2

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix).

Suffix

-at

2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun, expressing the result of the action or sometimes a more abstract relation (compare -ás/-és).

   Synonym: -mány/-mény

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -at is added to back-vowel verbs

  ‎gondol (“to think”) + ‎-at → ‎gondolat (“a thought, an idea”)

  ‎mond (“to say”) + ‎-at → ‎mondat (“sentence”)

  -et is added to front-vowel verbs

  ‎dicsér (“to praise”) + ‎-et → ‎dicséret (“praise, commendation”)

  ‎él (“to live”) + ‎-et → ‎élet (“life”)

  ‎ítél (“to judge”) + ‎-et → ‎ítélet (“judgment”)

  ‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-et → ‎méret (“measurement, size”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -at

Other terms

• sarkalatos

 

Etymology 3

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case							v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -t (accusative suffix).

Suffix

-at (accusative case suffix)

2. Forms the accusative case for a certain group of back-vowel nouns and numerals, back-vowel past participles, most back-vowel adjectives, and all back-vowel forms following any other inflectional suffix(es).

   ház (“house”) → Vettem egy házat. ― I bought a house.

   okos (“smart, clever”) → okosat (“smart, clever [acc.]”)

   hány? (“how many”) → hányat? (“how many [acc.]”)

   három (“three”) → hármat (“three [acc.]”)

   ablakok (“windows”) → ablakokat (“windows [acc.]”)

   asztalom (“my desk/table”) → asztalomat (“my desk/table [acc.]”)

   nagyobb (“bigger”) → nagyobbat (“a/the bigger one [acc.]”)

   nyitott (“opened”) → nyitottat (“the opened one [acc.]”)

Usage notes

• (accusative case suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:

  -t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.

  -ot is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -at is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -et is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -öt is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -∅ (zero form), optionally, after possessive suffixes, especially in the singular but sometimes also in the plural (and not infrequently after multiple-possession forms as well), except for the third-person singular (“his/her/its”, -ja/-je) as its omission would not reduce the number of syllables.

  Elviszem a kabátom(at/∅), kabátod(at/∅); kabátunk(at/∅), kabátotok(at/∅), kabátjuk(at/∅); kabátjaim(at/∅) etc.

  I’ll take my coat, your coat; our coat, [plural] your coat, their coat; my coats etc.

  It is also omitted usually from the accusative forms of first- and second-person singular personal pronouns (engem, téged (“me, you”)).

   Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.     alma — almában, but almaként     zene ― zenében, but zeneként

Etymology 4

From -atik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.

Suffix

-at

2. Combining form of -atik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative

   elnyomatik (“to be suppressed”) → elnyomatás (“suppression”, being suppressed).

Usage notes

(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-āt, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /at/, [ät̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at/, [ät̪]

Suffix

-at

1. third-person singular present active indicative of -ō (first conjugation)

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: -a
  • Galician: -a
  • Portuguese: -a
• Spanish: -a

Suffix

-āt

1. (poetic, syncopated, rare) third-person singular perfect active indicative of -ō (first conjugation; verbs with the perfect infix -av-)

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: -a
    • French: -a

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ات.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-at]
• Hyphenation: -at

Suffix

-at

1. Suffix used to derive the plural and feminine form of certain nouns derived from Arabic.

   ‎Muslim (“a Muslim”) + ‎-at → ‎Muslimat (“feminine plural of Muslim”)

Usage notes

• This suffix is unproductive.

Derived terms

Malay terms suffixed with -at

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt/

Suffix

-at

1. Alternative form of -iet (noun plural suffix)

Usage notes

• Regularly used after għ. Otherwise only in exceptional forms, though somewhat commonly after ħ and q.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ah(t)/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *-ëŋkë.

Suffix

-at

2. Forms adjectives indicating something that is possessed as a characteristic.

   ‎guhkes juolgi (“long leg”) + ‎-at → ‎guhkesjuolggat (“long-legged”)

Usage notes

• This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Attributive	-at
Nominative	-at
Genitive	-aga
Attributive	-at
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-at	-agat
Accusative	-aga	-agiid
Genitive	-aga	-agiid
Illative	-agii	-agiidda
Locative	-agis	-agiin
Comitative	-agiin	-agiiguin
Essive	-agin

Derived terms

Northern Sami terms suffixed with -at (characteristic)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *-ëtē, from Proto-Uralic *-eta. Related to Finnish -ea/-eä.

Suffix

-at

2. Forms adjectives from stems, without any particular meaning. Often, the more basic stem is an adverb, the adjective's own attributive form, or has fallen out of use altogether.

Usage notes

• This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Attributive	—
Nominative	-at
Genitive	-ada
Attributive	—
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-at	-adat
Accusative	-ada	-adiid
Genitive	-ada	-adiid
Illative	-adii	-adiidda
Locative	-adis	-adiin
Comitative	-adiin	-adiiguin
Essive	-adin

Derived terms

Northern Sami terms suffixed with -at (adjective)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-at

1. Form of the suffix -a used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	-at
Genitive	-aga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-at	-agat
Accusative	-aga	-agaid
Genitive	-aga	-agaid
Illative	-ahkii	-agaide
Locative	-agas	-again
Comitative	-again	-agaiguin
Essive	-ahkan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person -ahkan -ahkame -ahkamet 2nd person -ahkat -ahkade -ahkadet 3rd person -ahkas -ahkaska -ahkaset

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin -ātus.

Suffix

-at n

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -at

References

• “-at” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-at” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin -atus.

Suffix

-at n

1. used to form nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -at

References

• “-at” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• -a, -t (after vowels)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *aiwwihtiz, whence Old English āwiht (“anything, something; at all”). The prototype of ek veit-at 'I don't know' would then be Proto-Norse *ek ne wait aiwwihti 'I know not at all', after which *aiwwihti was reduced to -at and ne eventually dropped in a process identical to the origin of French pas (“not”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-at

1. negative verbal suffix; does not

   Synonyms: eigi, né

   hann veitat

   he knows not

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -at

References

• at in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-at/

Suffix

-at

1. Second person plural suffix

Alternative forms

• -íit (With e-ending verb stems)
• -óot (With a-ending verb stems)
• -et (Biori)
• -éet (With e-ending verb stems in Biori)
• -áat (With a-ending verb stems in Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-at”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-at m

1. forms masculine nouns; -ate, -age

   ‎anonim + ‎-at → ‎anonimat

Declension

Inanimate declension:

Declension of -at

	singular	plural
nominative	-at	-aty
genitive	-atu	-atów
dative	-atowi	-atom
accusative	-at	-aty
instrumental	-atem	-atami
locative	-acie	-atach
vocative	-acie	-aty

Animate declension:

Declension of -at

	singular	plural
nominative	-at	-aci/-aty (deprecative)
genitive	-ata	-atów
dative	-atowi	-atom
accusative	-ata	-atów
instrumental	-atem	-atami
locative	-acie	-atach
vocative	-acie	-aci

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -at

Further reading

• -at in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Suffix

-at m or n (feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați, feminine and neuter plural -ate)

1. Used with a stem to form the masculine singular past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs.

   ‎arunca (“to throw”) + ‎-at → ‎aruncat (“thrown”)

   ‎cânta (“to sing”) + ‎-at → ‎cântat (“sung”)

Declension

Declension of -at

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	-at		-ată	-ați	-ate
	definite	-atul		-ata	-ații	-atele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	-at		-ate	-ați	-ate
	definite	-atului		-atei	-aților	-atelor

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -at

Related terms

• -it

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German -at, first from direct loanwords, and later becoming productive on its own.

Suffix

-at (Cyrillic spelling -ат)

1. Used on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords, rarely of native words, to build nouns of various meanings.
   1. Denoting a person.

      adrèsa → adrèsāt

      ȗnija → unìjat

      Ȃzija → Azìjat

      Mìja → Mìjat

      delegácija → delègāt

      kandidírati → kandìdāt

   2. Denoting a room, building or field.

      dèkān → dekànāt

      ekònom → ekonòmāt

      kàlīf → kalìfāt

      konzul → konzùlāt

      màršāl → maršalat

      pròtektor → protektòrāt

      rȅktor → rektòrāt

   3. Denoting an honor or service.

      dȍktor → doktòrāt

      đȁkon → đakònāt

      lȅktor → lektòrāt

      pàtrōn → patrònāt

      nàdbiskup → nadbiskùpāt

   4. Denoting collectivity.

      èpiskop → episkòpāt

      làik → laìkāt

      pàtrīcīj → patricìjāt

   5. Denoting things.

      bikarbóna → bikarbònāt

      jod → jòdāt

      separirati → sepàrāt

   6. Denoting abstract notions.

      citírati → cìtāt

      diktírati → dìktāt

      hìstōrija → historìjāt

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -at

References

• Babić, Stjepan (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, Zagreb: HAZU, page(s) 358

Turkish

Alternative forms

• -ât

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـات, borrowed from Arabic ـَات (-āt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːt/, /ɑt/, [ɑt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Suffix

-at (no longer productive)

1. Forms plurals from words of Arabic origin.

   ‎gidiş (“way of going”) + ‎-at → ‎gidişat (“the way things go”)

   ‎hayvan (“animal”) + ‎-at → ‎hayvanat (“animals”)

2. Forms collective nouns.

   ‎mühimme (“important”) + ‎-at → ‎mühimmat (“ammunition”)

   ‎hasıl (“produce, profit”) + ‎-at → ‎hasılat (“income”)

   ‎müfret (“singular”) + ‎-at → ‎müfredat (“curriculum”)

   ‎er (“soldier”) + ‎-at → ‎erat (“soldiers (collective)”)

3. Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.

   ‎lisani (“linguistic”) + ‎-at → ‎lisaniyat (“linguistics”)

   ‎Türki (“Turkic”) + ‎-at → ‎Türkiyat (“Turkology”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/ek/%2B%C4%81t”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük

Suffix

-at

1. Used to indicate an amount

Derived terms

Volapük terms suffixed with -at