hátul

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1462. Lexicalization of hát (“back [side]”) +‎ -l (ablative suffix), compare felül etc.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtul]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: há‧tul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Adverb

hátul (not comparable)

  1. at the back, in/at the rear, behind
    Ma hátul szeretnék ülni. ― Today I'd like to sit at the back.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ hátul in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024. The specific suffix is not given at this entry, but mögül, közül, fölül, keresztül etc. are analogous, which are given with the suffix -l.

Further reading

  • hátul in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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