pillanat

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Old Hungarian pillanik ("to open and close with a sudden movement <of an eyelid>") + -at (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Compare English blink of an eye or Polish w mgnieniu oka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pil‧la‧nat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

pillanat (plural pillanatok)

  1. instant
  2. moment, second

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pillanat pillanatok
accusative pillanatot pillanatokat
dative pillanatnak pillanatoknak
instrumental pillanattal pillanatokkal
causal-final pillanatért pillanatokért
translative pillanattá pillanatokká
terminative pillanatig pillanatokig
essive-formal pillanatként pillanatokként
essive-modal
inessive pillanatban pillanatokban
superessive pillanaton pillanatokon
adessive pillanatnál pillanatoknál
illative pillanatba pillanatokba
sublative pillanatra pillanatokra
allative pillanathoz pillanatokhoz
elative pillanatból pillanatokból
delative pillanatról pillanatokról
ablative pillanattól pillanatoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pillanaté pillanatoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pillanatéi pillanatokéi
Possessive forms of pillanat
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pillanatom pillanataim
2nd person sing. pillanatod pillanataid
3rd person sing. pillanata pillanatai
1st person plural pillanatunk pillanataink
2nd person plural pillanatotok pillanataitok
3rd person plural pillanatuk pillanataik

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ pillanat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • pillanat 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