Megszórták

Megs zórták is a Hungarian verb form, specifically the past tense, third-person plural of megszórni. The basic meaning of megszórni is to sprinkle, dust, or scatter something over a surface or area. Megszórták is used when several subjects performed the action in the past.

Etymology and form: The verb megszórni is built from the prefix meg-, the root szór, meaning to scatter or sprinkle, and the participle ending -t, with the third-person plural past ending -ák. Thus megszórták literally translates to “they sprinkled” or “they scattered” in the past.

Usage and syntax: Megszórták requires a direct object that denotes what is being sprinkled and, often, an instrumental complement indicating the medium or substance used (with, for example, -val/-vel). Examples include: “A tésztát liszttel megszórták.” (They dusted the dough with flour.) “A kertet virággal megszórták.” (They sprinkled the garden with flowers.) Word order in Hungarian allows variation, but the meanings remain clear: the subjects performed a sprinkling or scattering action in the past.

Notes: Megszórni and its past tense forms are primarily used in literal contexts describing the distribution of particles such as flour, pollen, or sand. In more figurative or idiomatic language, other verbs are often preferred for meanings like “spread rumors” or “disperse information.” Megszórták thus remains mainly a concrete, event-focused tense form.

Related terms include megszórni (the infinitive) and other szór- forms used to describe scattering, sprinkling, or distributing substances.