adhátunk

adhátunk is not a standard entry in modern Hungarian dictionaries. It is commonly described as a nonstandard or dialectal variant of the verb form adhathat/adhatunk, which expresses possibility or permission in the present tense. In standard Hungarian, the form meaning “we can give” is usually adhathat or, more commonly, adhattunk with the conditional meaning “we could give” or adhatzunk? The most direct present potential form is adhathatunk, spelled with a regular a, not with a diacritic on the a.

Morphologically, the standard present potential form is built from the verb adni, meaning “to give.” The stem ad- combines with the potential suffix -hat/-het to indicate possibility, and then with the 1st-person-plural suffix -unk to indicate “we.” Thus adhathatunk would literally mean “we may be able to give,” and adhatalnánk or adhattunk can be used in related moods to express different nuances of possibility or permission.

Usage notes: adhátunk is encountered primarily as a typographical error or as a dialectal/archaic spelling in some texts. In modern standard Hungarian, writers would normally write adhatunk for “we can give.” If you find adhátunk in a source, it is prudent to treat it as nonstandard and replace it with adhathatunk or adhatunk depending on the intended meaning and tense.

Examples (standard form): adhattunk neked egy könyvet. (We could give you a book.) adhathatunk neki büntetést vagy segítséget. (We may give him/her a punishment or assistance.)

See also: adni, hat/het suffixes, Hungarian mood and modality.