-ít

Etymology
It can be traced back to the ancient multi-element Finno-Ugric (Uralic) *-kt, the elements of which are the frequentative *-k and the causative.

In Hungarian, regular phonological development caused this *-kt to first become -χt, then -it. The -i formed a diphthong with the vowel at the end of the stem in front of it, which is the origin of the -ajt / -ejt variants that still exists today in some old or dialect words (e.g., ). The diphthong then monophthongized to become -í, resulting in the modern colloquial -ít formant. When added to base verbs, this is most often found as a causative suffix, but it usually no longer expresses real causation, it merely changes the base verb to a transitive. For causation, it must be supplemented with the suffix /, as in.

Suffix

 * 1)  -ify, added to a noun, adjective, verb or other stem to form a verb expressing causation (make something ...-like).

Usage notes

 * Sometimes is attached to a stem that is not used alone, only with a family of suffixes.
 * Sometimes it can alternate with ' and/or ', e.g. ~  ~ ,  ~ ,  ~ ,  ~  (the latter pair with slightly different meanings). In other cases, only the  and/or  form exists, e.g.  ~ , ,.

Suffix

 * 1) -ite