felolvasott

Felolvasott is a Hungarian verb form derived from felolvas, meaning to read aloud. It is the third-person singular past definite (aorist) form of felolvas, used to indicate that someone read something aloud in the past. In standard usage it translates to “read aloud” in the past, as in: A tanár felolvasott egy mesét. – The teacher read a story aloud.

Beyond its finite form, felolvasott functions as a past participle that can modify a noun, acting as an adjective. In this role it describes something that has already been read aloud, for example: a felolvasott szöveg (the text that was read aloud). When used in this attributive position, it agrees with the noun in number and case, just like other Hungarian participles.

Morphology and related forms: felolvasott is formed by adding the past definite suffix -ott to the stem felolvas-, with vowel harmony determining the final shape. Related verb forms include felolvasok (I read aloud), felolvasol (you read aloud), felolvasunk (we read aloud), and past tense variants such as felolvastam (I read aloud). The construction is common in journalism, education, and literature when reporting or describing actions involving reading aloud.

Etymology: the word combines fel- (a prefix indicating completion or direction) with olvas (read) and the past suffix -ott, yielding a form that denotes a completed act of reading aloud.