szánta
See also: szanta and szantą
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaːntɒ]
- 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
Declension
Only used with an attributive word and the suffix -ból or rarely -val, added to any of these possessive-suffixed forms below.
| 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
| 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
- jószántából
- önszántából
Further reading
- szánta 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.