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halott

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From hal (to die) +‎ -ott (past-participle suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlotː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -otː
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lott

Adjective

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halott (not generally comparable, comparative halottabb, superlative leghalottabb)

  1. dead, deceased
    Synonyms: holt, elhunyt (both are literary), döglött (of animals only)
    Antonyms: élő, eleven

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Noun

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halott (plural halottak)

  1. a dead person
    Synonyms: holt, elhunyt (both are literary)
  2. corpse
    Synonyms: holttest, (possibly rude) hulla
  3. (following a numeral, in the possessive form halottja, followed by a form of van) … (people) were killed (in a disaster or attack) (literally, “it had … deads”)

Declension

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Possessive forms of halott
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. halottam halottjaim
2nd person sing. halottad halottjaid
3rd person sing. halottja halottjai
1st person plural halottunk halottjaink
2nd person plural halottatok halottjaitok
3rd person plural halottjuk halottjaik

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • halott in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.