kelt

See also: Kelt

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • Homophone: Celt

Noun

kelt (plural kelts)

  1. A thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon.
Translations

Noun

kelt (plural kelts)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of kilt.
    • 1895, “Sketches from Scotland”, in Punch:
      I know fine hoo a kelt should be pit on, though I'm no Highlander mysel'

Etymology 3

Compare Icelandic kult (quilt).

Noun

kelt

  1. (Scotland) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
    • 1725, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd:
      ye've a very raggit kelt on

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

kel + -t (causative suffix)

Verb

kelt

  1. (transitive) to wake up (from sleep)
    Synonyms: felkelt, ébreszt, felébreszt
  2. (transitive) to revive, to resuscitate (especially with életre (to life))
    Synonyms: feléleszt, magához térít, újraéleszt
  3. (transitive) to arouse, to induce (a sentiment), to produce (an illusion), to make (an impression), to attract (attention), to give rise to (a suspicion)
    Synonyms: okoz, előidéz, ébreszt, felébreszt, felkelt
    Middle-voice counterpart: támad
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Expressions

Etymology 2

kel (to get up, rise) + -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)

Verb

kelt

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of kel
Usage notes

This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Participle

kelt

  1. past participle of kel
    • 2018, Nyúli "tüzes" chili, public Facebook post.
      A hiányosan kelteket pótoltam, és lassan tápoldatot is kapnak.
      I made up for those that sprouted defectively and they'll soon get a plant solution.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kelt keltek
accusative keltet kelteket
dative keltnek kelteknek
instrumental kelttel keltekkel
causal-final keltért keltekért
translative keltté keltekké
terminative keltig keltekig
essive-formal keltként keltekként
essive-modal
inessive keltben keltekben
superessive kelten kelteken
adessive keltnél kelteknél
illative keltbe keltekbe
sublative keltre keltekre
allative kelthez keltekhez
elative keltből keltekből
delative keltről keltekről
ablative kelttől keltektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kelté kelteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
keltéi keltekéi

Etymology 3

kel (Savoy cabbage) + -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

kelt

  1. accusative singular of kel

Further reading

  • (to wake up someone [verb]): kelt 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
  • (risen or dated [participle]): kelt 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kelt m (definite singular kelten, indefinite plural keltar, definite plural keltane)

  1. (pre-2016) alternative form of keltar

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Celtae, from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí).

Noun

kelt c

  1. Celt

Declension

Declension of kelt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kelt kelten kelter kelterna
Genitive kelts keltens kelters kelternas

Derived terms

References

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