Imádkozott

Imádkozott is a Hungarian verb form meaning “prayed.” It is the third-person singular past tense form of the verb imádkozik, which means to pray. The form is used to describe a completed act of praying by a single subject in the past.

In Hungarian, past tense is typically formed by adding a suffix to the verb stem, with the specific suffix chosen to agree with person and number. For the verb imádkozik, the past tense forms include imádkoztam (I prayed), imádkoztál (you prayed), imádkozott (he/she prayed), imádkoztunk (we prayed), imádkoztatok (you all prayed), and imádkoztak (they prayed). The suffix -ott in imádkozott reflects this regular past tense pattern.

Usage and examples:

- Ő imádkozott reggel a templom előtt. (He prayed early in front of the church.)

- A család imádkozott együtt a vacsora előtt. (The family prayed together before dinner.)

- A hét végén imádkoztak a hősért. (They prayed for the hero over the weekend.)

Notes:

- Imádkozott can also function as the past participle in some grammatical analyses, but in standard usage it primarily serves as the finite past tense form for the third person singular.

- Related forms include imádkozik (present tense: he/she prays) and imádkozni (to pray).

See also: imádkozni, imádkozó, imádkozás.