kisvártatva

Hungarian

Etymology

From kis (“little”) +‎ vártatva (adverbial participle), from obsolete vártat (“to have someone wait”, currently várat) +‎ -va (adverbial-participal suffix), from vár (“to wait”) +‎ -tat (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiʃvaːrtɒtvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kis‧vár‧tat‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Adverb

kisvártatva (not comparable)

  1. (literary) shortly, soon (after a short time)
    Synonyms: nemsokára, csakhamar, hamarosan, rövid időn belül

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • kisvártatva 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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