hiányolt

Hiányolt is a Hungarian word that primarily serves as the past tense form of the verb hiányol, meaning to miss or to lack. It can also function as a past participle adjective meaning "missed" or "lacked" when describing a noun. The form hiányolt is used for both finite verb forms and as a participle, with meaning shaped by its syntactic role.

Verb usage: hiányolt is conjugated for person and number (presented without diacritics for simplicity): én hiányoltam, te hiányoltad, ő hiányolta, mi hiányoltuk, ti hiányoltátok, ők hiányolták. Examples: "A családja hiányolta." (His/her family missed him/her.) "Hiányzott a gyerekkorom." (I missed my childhood.)

Adjective usage: As a participle used before a noun, it can describe something that was missing or lacking. Examples: "hiányolt személy" (the missing person), "hiányolt dolog" (the missing/lacking thing).

Translation note: In English, hiányolt typically translates as "missed" in the sense of emotional or personal absence, or "missing" / "lacked" when referring to something not present.

Usage context: Hiányolt is a common term in everyday Hungarian. It is used in personal storytelling, journalism, and descriptive writing to express absence, longing, or a lack of something.