Cáfoltatok

Cáfoltatok is a Hungarian verb form derived from the verb cáfolni, meaning to refute or deny. It represents the second-person plural form of the causative conjugation, indicating that the subject causes someone else to refute something. In other words, cáfoltatok means “you (plural) cause [something] to be refuted.”

Formation and usage

The form is built from the verb stem cáfol- plus the causative suffix -tat and the plural present ending -tok, yielding cáfoltatok. This construction is specialized and relatively rare in everyday speech. It is mainly encountered in grammatical descriptions, formal writing, or contexts where the speaker analyzes or discusses the act of causing another party to refute a statement, argument, or claim. In a typical sentence, an object in the accusative case follows the verb, for example: A kijelentéseket cáfoltatok, meaning “you (plural) cause the statements to be refuted.”

Etymology and related forms

The root cáfol- comes from cáfolni (to refute). The causative suffix -tat forms a new verb concept, and -tok marks the second-person plural present tense. Related forms include cáfolat (refutation) as a noun and cáfolni (to refute) as the base verb.

See also

cáfolat, cáfolni, cáfolni jelentése (to refute), cáfolni igei formái (verb forms).