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Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping of the obsolete ájojtatos, from ájojtat + -os (adjective-forming suffix), variant of áhítat (“devotion, piety”), from áhít (“to wish for”) + -at (noun-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
ájtatos (comparative ájtatosabb, superlative legájtatosabb)
- devout, pious (devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties)
- Synonyms: áhítatos, kegyes, vallásos
1967, Sándor Lénárd [Alexander Lenard], Völgy a világ végén, Budapest: Magvető, published 2002, →ISBN, page 9:A templom tele van. Az ájtatos gyülekezet a prédikációt hallgatja. A tiszteletes úr azt magyarázza, hogyan illik felkészülni karácsony szent ünnepére.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (derogatory) sanctimonious (hypocritically pious)
- Synonyms: áhítatos, álszent, képmutató, szenteskedő
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References
- ^ ájtatos 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
- ájtatos 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
- ájtatos 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).