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Hungarian
Etymology
From híja (“its lack, the lack of…”) + -n (case suffix), from the hé- ~ hí- form of the obsolete noun hiu (“void, shortage”) + -ja (possessive suffix). Compare hiány (“lack”) and hiányos (“lacking, deficient”).
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Postposition
híján
- short of, shy of (some thing or amount)
- Idő híján nem készült el. ― Due to lack of time, s/he didn’t get it done or it was not completed.
- Anya kis híján elájult. ― Mum nearly fainted. (literally, “Mum was a small amount short of fainting.”)
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Further reading
- híja 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