szánta

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See also: szanta and szantą

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: szán‧ta

Etymology 1

szán (“to pity; to intend, mean, set aside, devote”) +‎ -ta (past-tense suffix)

Verb

szánta

third-person singular indicative past definite of szán

Etymology 2

szán (“to intend”) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix incorporating the possessive suffix)

Noun

szánta

(construed with -ból or rarely -val and an attribute): his/her/its intention, intent, initiative
Synonyms: akarata, szándéka, kezdeménye

Declension

Only used with an attributive word and the suffix -ból or rarely -val, added to any of these possessive-suffixed forms below.

Possessive forms of szánta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	szántom	—
2nd person sing.	szántod	—
3rd person sing.	szánta	—
1st person plural	szántunk	—
2nd person plural	szántotok	—
3rd person plural	szántuk	—

or

Possessive forms of szánta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	szántam	—
2nd person sing.	szántad	—
3rd person sing.	szánta	—
1st person plural	szántunk	—
2nd person plural	szántatok	—
3rd person plural	szántuk	—

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

szánta 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

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