Csillapítottak

Csillapítottak is a Hungarian verb form that corresponds to the third person plural past tense of csillapít, meaning they calmed, soothed, pacified, or reduced in intensity. The basic sense of the verb covers reducing pain, noise, agitation, hunger, or other disturbances, as well as quieting emotions or conflicts.

In Hungarian, past tense forms can reflect definite or indefinite direct objects. Csillapítottak is the past indefinite (teljes múlt) third person plural form; when the direct object is definite, the corresponding form is csillapították. The distinction affects substitution and emphasis rather than core meaning: both forms derive from csillapít, but one is used with definite objects and one with indefinite objects.

Common uses include physical and metaphorical calming actions. For example, a sentence such as A tüzet csillapították means “They put out the fire,” while A zajt csillapították can mean “They quieted the noise.” Figuratively, one can speak of csillapítani a kedélyeket (to calm the mood) or csillapítani a fájdalmat (to ease the pain), with csillapítottak describing past actions by a group.

Etymology traces csillapít to a root associated with calming or tempering. The word appears in both formal and colloquial Hungarian, including news reports, narrative prose, and everyday speech, wherever a suppression or reduction of intensity is described.

See also: csillapítás, csillapítási formák, magyar igei ragozás.