keresztül

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See also: keresztül-

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of kereszt (“cross”) +‎ -l (ablative suffix), compare fölül, körül, belül, elöl, mögül.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ke‧resz‧tül
  • Rhymes: -yl

Postposition

keresztül

  1. through, across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
  2. by means of, via, through
  3. for (expressing the duration of time)

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with keresztül-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see keresztül-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

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References

  1. ^ keresztül 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

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