Kerülték

Kerülték is a Hungarian verb form used in standard language to mark a past-tense action by the third-person plural when the sentence contains a definite object. It is derived from the stem került-, which itself comes from the verb kerülni/kerül, and it carries the past definite mood typical of Hungarian conjugation.

In its basic morphology, kerülték combines the past tense stem with the second-person plural or third-person plural past definite suffix, following the system of definite conjugations in Hungarian. The exact suffix can vary with vowel harmony, resulting in slightly different spellings in practice, but the form is recognizable as a past-tense, finite verb form targeting a plural subject with a definite object.

The semantic range of kerülték depends on the sense of the root verb kerül. Kerül can indicate to end up somewhere, to get into a situation, or to involve oneself with something different from its literal “to avoid” sense. Therefore kerülték may, in context, translate roughly as “they ended up with/at,” “they got involved,” or, with prefixes or surrounding words, convey a sense of avoidance or exit. The exact interpretation is determined by the sentence’s object, any prefixes (such as el-), and the broader context.

Notes and related forms: In everyday language, speakers may prefer prefixed variants like elkerülték for the nuance of avoidance. Kerülték by itself appears mainly as part of broader verb constructions in written Hungarian or in specific contexts where the object is clearly defined.

See also: Hungarian grammar, verb conjugation, definite past tense.