Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒlɒt]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1 edit

fal (to devour) +‎ -at (noun-forming suffix)

Noun edit

falat (plural falatok)

  1. (of food) mouthful, bite, bolus
    Coordinate term: korty
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative falat falatok
accusative falatot falatokat
dative falatnak falatoknak
instrumental falattal falatokkal
causal-final falatért falatokért
translative falattá falatokká
terminative falatig falatokig
essive-formal falatként falatokként
essive-modal
inessive falatban falatokban
superessive falaton falatokon
adessive falatnál falatoknál
illative falatba falatokba
sublative falatra falatokra
allative falathoz falatokhoz
elative falatból falatokból
delative falatról falatokról
ablative falattól falatoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
falaté falatoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
falatéi falatokéi
Possessive forms of falat
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. falatom falatjaim
2nd person sing. falatod falatjaid
3rd person sing. falatja falatjai
1st person plural falatunk falatjaink
2nd person plural falatotok falatjaitok
3rd person plural falatjuk falatjaik
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Descendants edit
  • Serbo-Croatian: fȁlat / фа̏лат
  • Slovene: falȁt

Etymology 2 edit

fal (wall) +‎ -at (accusative case suffix)

Noun edit

falat

  1. accusative singular of fal
    Lefestettem a falat.I painted the wall.

Further reading edit

  • falat 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
  • falat 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)