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Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1462. Lexicalization of hát (“back ”) + -l (ablative suffix), compare felül etc.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
hátul (not comparable)
- at the back, in/at the rear, behind
- Ma hátul szeretnék ülni. ― Today I'd like to sit at the back.
Derived terms
References
- ^ hátul 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. The specific suffix is not given at this entry, but mögül, közül, fölül, keresztül etc. are analogous, which are given with the suffix -l.
Further reading
- hátul 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