gát
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gát (countable and uncountable, plural gátak)
- dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow)
- (figuratively) impediment, obstacle
- (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
- (sports, colloquial) hurdling (a track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles)
- Synonym: gátfutás
- (anatomy) perineum (the region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gát | gátak |
| accusative | gátat | gátakat |
| dative | gátnak | gátaknak |
| instrumental | gáttal | gátakkal |
| causal-final | gátért | gátakért |
| translative | gáttá | gátakká |
| terminative | gátig | gátakig |
| essive-formal | gátként | gátakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gátban | gátakban |
| superessive | gáton | gátakon |
| adessive | gátnál | gátaknál |
| illative | gátba | gátakba |
| sublative | gátra | gátakra |
| allative | gáthoz | gátakhoz |
| elative | gátból | gátakból |
| delative | gátról | gátakról |
| ablative | gáttól | gátaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
gáté | gátaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
gátéi | gátakéi |
| Possessive forms of gát | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gátam | gátjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | gátad | gátjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | gátja | gátjai |
| 1st person plural | gátunk | gátjaink |
| 2nd person plural | gátatok | gátjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | gátjuk | gátjaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
References edit
- ^ gát 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.)
- ^ gát in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ gát in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading edit
- gát 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
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gát f (genitive singular gátar, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of gát