ideiglen

Hungarian

Etymology

From ideig +‎ -len (adverb-forming suffix), from idő (“time”) +‎ -ig (“for”),[1] literally “for a while”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈidɛjiɡlɛn]
  • Hyphenation: ide‧ig‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

ideiglen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) temporarily (for a certain time)
    Synonyms: (only for durative actions, like staying somewhere) egy ideig, egy időre

Derived terms

References
  1. ideiglen in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
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