gát
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡaːt]
- Rhymes: -aːt
Noun
gát (countable and uncountable, plural gátak)
- dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow)
- (figuratively) impediment, obstacle
- (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
- (sports, colloquial) hurdling (a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles)
- Synonym: gátfutás
- (anatomy) perineum (the region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gát | gátak |
accusative | gátat | gátakat |
dative | gátnak | gátaknak |
instrumental | gáttal | gátakkal |
causal-final | gátért | gátakért |
translative | gáttá | gátakká |
terminative | gátig | gátakig |
essive-formal | gátként | gátakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | gátban | gátakban |
superessive | gáton | gátakon |
adessive | gátnál | gátaknál |
illative | gátba | gátakba |
sublative | gátra | gátakra |
allative | gáthoz | gátakhoz |
elative | gátból | gátakból |
delative | gátról | gátakról |
ablative | gáttól | gátaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
gáté | gátaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
gátéi | gátakéi |
Possessive forms of gát | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | gátam | gátjaim |
2nd person sing. | gátad | gátjaid |
3rd person sing. | gátja | gátjai |
1st person plural | gátunk | gátjaink |
2nd person plural | gátatok | gátjaitok |
3rd person plural | gátjuk | gátjaik |
Derived terms
- gátol → gátlás → gátlásos, gátlástalan
- gáttalan
Compound words
- földgát
- gátépítés
- gátfutás
- gátfutó
- gátugrás
- védőgát
Expressions
- gátat vet
- legény a gáton
References
- gát in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- gát in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- gát in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
- gát 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
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kauːt/
- Rhymes: -auːt
Declension
Related terms
- gæta (“to look after, to guard”)
- gætur
Anagrams
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