hosszat

See also: hosszát

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhosːɒt]
  • Hyphenation: hosz‧szat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

hossz (“length”) +‎ -at (accusative case ending)

Noun

hosszat

  1. accusative singular of hossz

Etymology 2

Originally an adverbial accusative, a lexicalization of the above.

Postposition

hosszat

  1. (of space) all along (for the entire length of; usually with utca (“street”))
  2. (of time) for (over the given period of time, for the entire duration of; usually with óra/órák (“hour[s]”); cf. English -long)
    Synonyms: -ig, át
Derived terms
  • naphosszat

Further reading

  • hosszat 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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