gyujtöttek

Gyujtöttek is a non-diacritized Hungarian form that corresponds to the past tense, third-person plural, of the verb gyújtani (to ignite or to light). In standard orthography the corresponding form with diacritics is gyújtottak. The meaning of the word is that a group of subjects performed the action of lighting or igniting something, for example lighted a fire or set something aflame.

In Hungarian, the normal past tense conjugation of gyújtani for the third-person plural is gyújtottak. When diacritics are removed, this becomes gyujtottak in contemporary usage. A form like gyujtöttek is not standard in modern Hungarian orthography; it is sometimes encountered as a misspelling or in texts that neglect diacritics, and it may be confused with gyűjtöttek, which is the past tense of gyűjteni (to collect). The two verbs are distinct both in meaning and in spelling, and their non-diacritic forms can look similar to non-Hungarian readers unfamiliar with Hungarian orthography.

Usage notes: gyujtottak appears in narration or reporting to describe actions where a group lights or ignites something, such as a campfire, fuses, or a structure, depending on context. The form is typically used when the object of lighting is definite or salient in the discourse, as in tüzet gyújtottak (they lit a fire).

See also: gyújtani, gyújtó, meggyújtani, gyűjteni, gyűjtöttek.