át

át

1. first/third-person singular past of eta

First attested in 1519. Of debated origin:[1]

• Continuation of the archaic adverb ált (compare által).
• By clipping of the later term által, itself originally the adverb-suffixed form of ált.

Their parallel usage gradually ceased and át was established in a concrete sense, által, in a figurative sense.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːt]

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• Rhymes: -aːt

át (not comparable)

1. (rare) across, over

   balra át! ― face left! left turn!

   jobbra át! ― face right! right turn!

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with át-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see át-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

át

1. across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)

   Synonym: keresztül (“through”)

• át 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
• át in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

From Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

• IPA^(key): /auːt/

  Rhymes: -auːt

át n (genitive singular áts, no plural)

1. eating, the act of eating
2. solid food that one must chew

• (solid food): átmatur, harðmeti

• tá

Related to eta. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

át n

1. the act of eating
2. food

• Icelandic: át
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åt
• Norwegian Bokmål: åt

• áta

• át in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

át

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of eta: I ate
2. third-person singular preterite indicative of eta: he ate

• tá

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˥]
• Homophone: ác

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Borrowed from French as.

át

1. (card games) ace

• xì

át

1. to overwhelm

• tá

át

1. water