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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of mi (“what?”) + -á (lative suffix) + -tt (locative suffix).
Pronunciation
Postposition
miatt
- because of, owing to, on account of, for
- Synonyms: folytán, okán, köszönhetően, következtében, kifolyólag
- for, for the sake of
- Synonyms: kedvéért, végett
- A kedvenc énekesnőm miatt utaztam tavaly 400 kilométert. ― I travelled 400 kilometres last year for my favorite singer.
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Further reading
- miatt 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