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Hungarian
Etymology
életfogytig (“lifetime”) + -lan (adverb-forming suffix), from élet (“life”) + fogytig (“until it runs out”), a lexicalization of fogy (“to run out, see elfogy”) + -t (noun-forming suffix) + -ig (“till”, case suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: élet‧fogy‧tig‧lan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adverb
életfogytiglan
- (judicial) for life, till death
Noun
életfogytiglan (plural életfogytiglanok)
- life sentence (life imprisonment or life incarceration)
- Életfogytiglant kapott. ― He was sentenced for life.
Declension
Further reading
- életfogytiglan 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
- életfogytiglan in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).