hanyatt
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of Proto-Finno-Ugric *konɜ (“facing backwards, at the back”) + -t (locative suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adverb
hanyatt (not comparable)
- (of a person or animal) on one's back (in a supine position)
- Synonym: háton
- Hanyatt fekszik. ― He is lying on his back.
- over (from an upright position to being horizontal)
- Synonym: hátára
- Hanyatt esett és nem mozdult. ― He fell over and didn't move.
Derived terms
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Related terms
References
- ^ Entry #349 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ hanyatt 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.)
Further reading
- hanyatt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN