gát

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See also: gat, Gat, gât, gắt, and -gat

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gát (countable and uncountable, plural gátak)

  1. dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow)
  2. (figuratively) impediment, obstacle
    Synonyms: akadály, korlát, nehézség
  3. (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
  4. (sports, colloquial) hurdling (a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles)
    Synonym: gátfutás
  5. (anatomy) perineum (the region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gát gátak
accusative gátat gátakat
dative gátnak gátaknak
instrumental gáttal gátakkal
causal-final gátért gátakért
translative gáttá gátakká
terminative gátig gátakig
essive-formal gátként gátakként
essive-modal — —
inessive gátban gátakban
superessive gáton gátakon
adessive gátnál gátaknál
illative gátba gátakba
sublative gátra gátakra
allative gáthoz gátakhoz
elative gátból gátakból
delative gátról gátakról
ablative gáttól gátaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		gáté gátaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		gátéi gátakéi
Possessive forms of gát
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gátam gátjaim
2nd person sing. gátad gátjaid
3rd person sing. gátja gátjai
1st person plural gátunk gátjaink
2nd person plural gátatok gátjaitok
3rd person plural gátjuk gátjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words
Expressions

References

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  1. ^ gát in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ gát in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  3. ^ gát in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • gát 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
  • gát in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gát f (genitive singular gátar, no plural)

  1. watchfulness, attention
  2. caution

Declension

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    Declension of gát
f-s3 singular
indefinite definite
nominative gát gátin
accusative gát gátina
dative gát gátinni
genitive gátar gátarinnar

Synonyms

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