ített

Íített is not a standalone word in Hungarian. It refers to a common derivational suffix used in Hungarian grammar to form past participles and adjectives from verbs, often conveying a completed action or a causative sense. The form -ított appears after many verb stems and is productive across a wide range of roots.

Morphology and function

The suffix attaches to a verb stem to produce a participial or adjectives form that denotes that the action was performed, completed, or caused by something. In many cases it also gives a sense of agency or causation, indicating that someone or something caused the action to occur. The exact nuance depends on the base verb and the wider syntactic context.

Examples

Meghatározó alkotóeleme a mindennapi magyar igéknek. For instance, from tanít (to teach) the past participle with the prefix meg- is megtanított (taught). From hülyít (to fool) the form hülyített means “fooled” or “made someone look foolish.” From írat (to have something written) the form íratott conveys “had something written.” These examples illustrate how -ított functions as a productive past-participle/causative suffix rather than as an independent lexical item.

Usage notes

- The suffix behaves similarly across many transitive verbs, though exact nuance varies with the root verb and sentence.

- It is especially common in formal or written Hungarian, including participial phrases and compound predicates.

- Because Hungarian relies on derivational morphology, -ított (like other participial endings) can appear in many compound word forms and in passive- or agent-focused constructions.

See also

Hungarian grammar, participles, derivational suffixes, causative constructions.