hátra
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From the noun hát (“back”) + -ra (“onto”, case suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
hátra (comparative hátrább or hátrébb, superlative leghátrább or leghátrébb)
Usage notes edit
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with hátra-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see hátra-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Noun edit
hátra
Further reading edit
- hátra 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
- Hátrább vs. hátrébb