Tartalmazott

Tartalmazott is a Hungarian term that can function as the finite past tense form of the verb tartalmaz (to contain) or as a past participle used adjectivally to mean contained or included. It is formed with the verbal root tartalmaz and the suffix -ott, a standard past-participial ending in Hungarian. When used as a finite verb, tartalmazott denotes that something contained items or information at a past time.

As a past participle used attributively, tartalmazott describes nouns with the sense of “the included” or “the contained” items, for example tartalmazott adatok (the included data) or tartalmazott elemek (the contained elements). In both usages, the participle agrees in number and definiteness with the noun it modifies, in accordance with Hungarian grammar.

Etymology and related forms: The word is built from tartalmaz ’to contain’ with the past-participle suffix -ott. There is a present-participle form tartalmazó meaning “containing” (used to form compounds such as tartalmazó lista) and a past-tense verb form tartalmazott. The two functions—finite verb and attributive participle—are common for Hungarian participles.

Usage notes: Distinguish between the finite form and the attributive participle. The finite form appears in predicates (e.g., A jelentés tartalmazott hibákat: The report contained errors); the participial form precedes a noun and describes its contents. Both convey past inclusion rather than a current state.