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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of kereszt (“cross”) + -l (ablative suffix), compare fölül, körül,[1] belül, elöl, mögül.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ke‧resz‧tül
- Rhymes: -yl
Postposition
keresztül
- through, across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
- by means of, via, through
- 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.
Derived terms
References
- ^ keresztül 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
- keresztül 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