alatti

Hungarian

Etymology

alatt (“under”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix). It is an adjective formed from a postposition, so that it can be used attributively to mark the qualifier of a noun (preceding it), rather than marking the modifier of a verb (or verb derivative), like an adverbial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlɒtːi]

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• Hyphenation: alat‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Adjective

alatti (not comparable)

1. under

   a hegy alatti folyó ― the river under the mountain

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alatti	alattiak
accusative	alattit	alattiakat
dative	alattinak	alattiaknak
instrumental	alattival	alattiakkal
causal-final	alattiért	alattiakért
translative	alattivá	alattiakká
terminative	alattiig	alattiakig
essive-formal	alattiként	alattiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	alattiban	alattiakban
superessive	alattin	alattiakon
adessive	alattinál	alattiaknál
illative	alattiba	alattiakba
sublative	alattira	alattiakra
allative	alattihoz	alattiakhoz
elative	alattiból	alattiakból
delative	alattiról	alattiakról
ablative	alattitól	alattiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	alattié	alattiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	alattiéi	alattiakéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• földalatti
• tudatalatti

 

Expressions

• föld alatti
• nyelv alatti ideg

 

Further reading

• alatti 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
• alatti in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).