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Hungarian
Etymology
maga + -tól
Pronunciation
Pronoun
magától
- ablative singular of maga
- Ez nagyon kedves volt magától. ― This was very nice of you. (formal)
- Ez teljesen magától függ. ― This is completely up to you. (formal)
- Többet vártunk magától. ― We expected more from you. (formal)
Adverb
magától (not comparable)
- (of a person) on one’s own (without external assistance or influence)
- Synonyms: egyedül, saját erejéből
- (of an object) by itself (without the help of a human)
- A kapu magától kinyílt. ― The gate opened by itself.
- A seb majd magától begyógyul. ― The wound will heal naturally (by itself).
- on one’s own, by itself, on one’s own account, of one’s own accord
- Synonyms: jószántából, önként
- A macska a háztetőn van, de majd lejön magától. ― The cat is on the roof, but it’ll come down on its own.
Declension
Further reading
- magától 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