lehorgonyoztuk

Lehorgonyoztuk is a Hungarian verb form meaning "we anchored." It is the past tense used with a first-person plural subject of the transitive verb lehorgonyoz, which denotes dropping and fixing an anchor to a vessel to bring it to rest, typically in a harbour or at a suitable anchorage. The prefix le- conveys a sense of completion or downward action; the root horgony means anchor. The form lehorgonyoztuk results from adding the suffix -tuk to the verb stem, signaling past action with a definite object.

Grammatically, lehorgonyoztuk functions as a finite verb in the past definite mood, used when the speaker and listener refer to a specific anchor action performed by the group. The construction is common in nautical contexts, such as ship reporting or logs, and may appear in literary or journalistic prose when describing stabilization of a situation or plan in a figurative sense.

Usage notes: while primarily tied to maritime activity, the phrase can be extended metaphorically to describe bringing something to a stable state, such as a project or a decision, by using the imagery of lowering an anchor to secure it. In any figurative use, the sense remains that a course is fixed and settled.

Example: A hajót ma reggel lehorgonyoztuk a kikötőben. This sentence states that we anchored the ship in the harbor this morning. See also lehorgonyoz, horgony.