hanyatt

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of Proto-Finno-Ugric *konɜ (“facing backwards, at the back”) + -tt (locative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒɲɒtː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧nyatt
  • Rhymes: -ɒtː

Adverb

hanyatt (not comparable)

  1. (of a person or animal) on one's back (in a supine position)
    Synonym: háton
    Hanyatt fekszik. ― He is lying on his back.
  2. 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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References
  1. Entry #349 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. 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 (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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