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Faroese

Verb

át

  1. first/third-person singular past of eta

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1519. Of debated origin:

  • Continuation of the archaic adverb ált (compare által).
  • By clipping of the later term által, itself originally the adverb-suffixed form of ált.

Their parallel usage gradually ceased and át was established in a concrete sense, által, in a figurative sense.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adverb

át (not comparable)

  1. (rare) across, over
    balra át! ― face left! left turn!
    jobbra át! ― face right! right turn!

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with át-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see át-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

Postposition

át

  1. across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Synonym: keresztül (“through”)

References

  1. ^ át in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’), Second, revised and expanded edition, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2021, →ISBN. (See also the PDF of its 1st edition.)

Further reading

  • át 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
  • át in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

Pronunciation

Noun

át n (genitive singular áts, no plural)

  1. eating, the act of eating
  2. solid food that one must chew

Declension

declension of át
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative át átið
accusative át átið
dative áti átinu
genitive áts átsins

Synonyms

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to eta. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Noun

át n

  1. the act of eating
  2. food
Declension
  Declension of át (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative át átit át átin
accusative át átit át átin
dative áti átinu átum átunum
genitive áz ázins áta átanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: át
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åt
See also

References

  • át in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

Verb

át

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of eta: I ate
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of eta: he ate

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French as.

Noun

át

  1. (card games) ace
Synonyms

See also

Playing cards in Vietnamese · bài tây (layout · text)
át, xì heo, hai ba bốn năm sáu bảy
tám chín mười bồi đầm già phăng teo

Etymology 2

Verb

át

  1. to overwhelm
Derived terms
Derived terms

Anagrams

Western Durango Nahuatl

Noun

át

  1. water
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