hosszat
See also: hosszát
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
hossz (“length”) + -at (accusative case ending)
Noun edit
hosszat
Etymology 2 edit
Originally an adverbial accusative, a lexicalization of the above.
Postposition edit
hosszat
- (of space) all along (for the entire length of; usually with utca (“street”))
- (of time) for (over the given period of time, for the entire duration of; usually with óra/órák (“hour[s]”); cf. English -long)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- hosszat 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