át

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Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

át

  1. first/third-person singular past of eta

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in 1519. Of debated origin:[1]

  • Continuation of the archaic adverb ált (compare által).
  • By clipping of the later term által, itself originally the adverb-suffixed form of ált.

Their parallel usage gradually ceased and át was established in a concrete sense, által, in a figurative sense.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːt]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adverb[edit]

át (not comparable)

  1. (rare) across, over
    balra át!face left! left turn!
    jobbra át!face right! right turn!

Usage notes[edit]

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with át-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (they could have seen it, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see át-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms[edit]

Postposition[edit]

át

  1. across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Synonym: keresztül (through)

References[edit]

  1. ^ át in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • át in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • át in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

át n (genitive singular áts, no plural)

  1. eating, the act of eating
  2. solid food that one must chew

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to eta. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat).

Noun[edit]

át n

  1. the act of eating
  2. food
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: át
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åt
See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • át in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

át

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of eta: I ate
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of eta: he ate

Anagrams[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French as.

Noun[edit]

át

  1. (card games) ace
Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Playing cards in Vietnamese · bài tây (layout · text)
át, heo, hai ba bốn năm sáu bảy
tám chín mười bồi đầm già phăng teo

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

át

  1. to overwhelm
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Anagrams[edit]

Western Durango Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

át

  1. water