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Hungarian
Etymology
Same as holt, from hal (“to die”).[1]
Pronunciation
Prefix
holt-
- completely, totally
- Synonym: teljesen
- holt- + részeg (“drunk”) → holtrészeg (“blind drunk”, literally “totally drunk”)
- equal (moving equally, without any difference)
- holt- + verseny (“race, competition”) → holtverseny (“dead heat, draw, tie”, literally “equal race”)
- unusable, useless, unutilized, unused
- holt- + tér (“area, space”) → holttér (“blind spot”, literally “unusable space”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ holt- 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
- holt 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