hátul

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1462. Lexicalization of hát (back ) +‎ -l (ablative suffix), compare felül etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: há‧tul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Adverb

hátul (not comparable)

  1. at the back, in/at the rear, behind
    Ma hátul szeretnék ülni.Today I'd like to sit at the back.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ hátul in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations 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