lajt
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Bavarian lait (“tank for carrying live fish”), from German leiten (“to lead, conduct”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lajt (plural lajtok)
- (dated) tank (a large cask or vat mounted on wheels, on a cart, or a truck; used to carry water, live fish, wine, must, or silage effluent)
- (dated, attributively) tankful (as much as this tank can hold)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lajt | lajtok |
accusative | lajtot | lajtokat |
dative | lajtnak | lajtoknak |
instrumental | lajttal | lajtokkal |
causal-final | lajtért | lajtokért |
translative | lajttá | lajtokká |
terminative | lajtig | lajtokig |
essive-formal | lajtként | lajtokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lajtban | lajtokban |
superessive | lajton | lajtokon |
adessive | lajtnál | lajtoknál |
illative | lajtba | lajtokba |
sublative | lajtra | lajtokra |
allative | lajthoz | lajtokhoz |
elative | lajtból | lajtokból |
delative | lajtról | lajtokról |
ablative | lajttól | lajtoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lajté | lajtoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lajtéi | lajtokéi |
Possessive forms of lajt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lajtom | lajtjaim |
2nd person sing. | lajtod | lajtjaid |
3rd person sing. | lajtja | lajtjai |
1st person plural | lajtunk | lajtjaink |
2nd person plural | lajtotok | lajtjaitok |
3rd person plural | lajtjuk | lajtjaik |
Derived terms edit
- lajtos kocsi (“water cart”) (the term is mostly used today in this phrase)
References edit
- ^ lajt 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.)
Further reading edit
- lajt 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
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English light, lite.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lajt (not comparable)
Particle edit
lajt
- (slang) no problem, without any problems