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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
gát (countable and uncountable, plural gátak)
- dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow)
- (figuratively) impediment, obstacle
- Synonyms: akadály, korlát, nehézség
- (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
- (sports, colloquial) hurdling (a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles)
- Synonym: gátfutás
- (anatomy) perineum (the region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men)
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References
- ^ gát 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.)
- ^ gát in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ gát 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
- gát 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
- gát 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).
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Pronunciation
Noun
gát f (genitive singular gátar, no plural)
- watchfulness, attention
- caution
Declension
Declension of gát (sg-only feminine)
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