holt
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English holt, from Old English holt (“forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).
Cognate with Scots holt (“a wood, copse, thicket”), North Frisian holt (“wood, timber”), West Frisian hout (“timber, wood”), Dutch hout (“wood, timber”), German Holz (“wood”), Icelandic holt (“woodland, hillock”), Old Irish caill (“forest, wood, woodland”), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot, twig”), Slovene kol ("stake"), Albanian shul (“door latch”). Doublet of hout.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒlt/, /həʊlt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊlt/
- Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt, -oʊlt
Noun edit
holt (plural holts)
- A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 11 p. 174:
- As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXI, line 5
- [the gale] 'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger.
- 1977, Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts:
- Once, at our cottage at Dodford, a tiny thatched village under a steep holt full of foxgloves...
- The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.
References edit
- “holt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “holt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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holt
- (colloquial, modal particle) indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well
- Máš holt pravdu. ― Well, you're right.
- Pak budeme holt muset tvrději pracovat. ― Then we’ll just have to work harder.
See also edit
Further reading edit
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holt
- inflection of hollen:
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Audio: (file)
Verb edit
holt
- inflection of holen:
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the hol- stem variant of hal (“to die”) + -t (past-participle suffix).[1]
Adjective edit
holt (not generally comparable, comparative holtabb, superlative legholtabb)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | holt | holtak |
accusative | holtat | holtakat |
dative | holtnak | holtaknak |
instrumental | holttal | holtakkal |
causal-final | holtért | holtakért |
translative | holttá | holtakká |
terminative | holtig | holtakig |
essive-formal | holtként | holtakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | holtban | holtakban |
superessive | holton | holtakon |
adessive | holtnál | holtaknál |
illative | holtba | holtakba |
sublative | holtra | holtakra |
allative | holthoz | holtakhoz |
elative | holtból | holtakból |
delative | holtról | holtakról |
ablative | holttól | holtaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
holté | holtaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
holtéi | holtakéi |
Noun edit
holt (plural holtak)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | holt | holtak |
accusative | holtat | holtakat |
dative | holtnak | holtaknak |
instrumental | holttal | holtakkal |
causal-final | holtért | holtakért |
translative | holttá | holtakká |
terminative | holtig | holtakig |
essive-formal | holtként | holtakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | holtban | holtakban |
superessive | holton | holtakon |
adessive | holtnál | holtaknál |
illative | holtba | holtakba |
sublative | holtra | holtakra |
allative | holthoz | holtakhoz |
elative | holtból | holtakból |
delative | holtról | holtakról |
ablative | holttól | holtaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
holté | holtaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
holtéi | holtakéi |
Possessive forms of holt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | holtom | — |
2nd person sing. | holtod | — |
3rd person sing. | holta | — |
1st person plural | holtunk | — |
2nd person plural | holtotok | — |
3rd person plural | holtuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the hol- stem variant of hal (“to die”) + -t (noun-forming suffix). For the ending, compare hit, tét, jövet, menet.[2]
Noun edit
holt (usually uncountable, plural holtak)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | holt | holtak |
accusative | holtat | holtakat |
dative | holtnak | holtaknak |
instrumental | holttal | holtakkal |
causal-final | holtért | holtakért |
translative | holttá | holtakká |
terminative | holtig | holtakig |
essive-formal | holtként | holtakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | holtban | holtakban |
superessive | holton | holtakon |
adessive | holtnál | holtaknál |
illative | holtba | holtakba |
sublative | holtra | holtakra |
allative | holthoz | holtakhoz |
elative | holtból | holtakból |
delative | holtról | holtakról |
ablative | holttól | holtaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
holté | holtaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
holtéi | holtakéi |
Possessive forms of holt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | holtom | — |
2nd person sing. | holtod | — |
3rd person sing. | holta | — |
1st person plural | holtunk | — |
2nd person plural | holtotok | — |
3rd person plural | holtuk | — |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ holt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ holt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- holt 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
Icelandic edit
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Noun edit
holt n (genitive singular holts, nominative plural holt)
- hillock
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
- Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
- þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
- eða líka einhver var að hóa
- undarlega digrum karlaróm;
- útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
- eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
- Hush, hush, hush, hush,
- a vixen dashed in the hillock,
- wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
- Or - is it someone calling,
- strangely, with a harsh voice?
- Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
- are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
- (archaic) wood
Declension edit
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Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
holt (plural holtes)
- A small piece of woodland; a wooded hill.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
- Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Akin to Swedish hult and German Holz. Doublet of holt (Etymology 2).
Noun edit
holt n (definite singular holtet, indefinite plural holt, definite plural holta or holtene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German of same origin as modern German Holz. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą, it is a doublet of holt (Etymology 1).
Noun edit
holt m or n (definite singular holten or holtet, indefinite plural holter or holt, definite plural holtene or holta)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “holt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Akin to Swedish hult and German Holz. Doublet of holt (Etymology 2).
Noun edit
holt n (definite singular holtet, indefinite plural holt, definite plural holta)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German of same origin as modern German Holz. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą, it is a doublet of holt (Etymology 1).
Noun edit
holt m or n (definite singular holten or holtet, indefinite plural holtar or holt, definite plural holtane or holta)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
holt
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms edit
- hólt (alternative spelling)
Participle edit
holt (definite singular and plural holte)
- past participle of hola
Verb edit
holt
References edit
- “holt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.
Noun edit
holt n
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “holt (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.
Pronunciation edit
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holt n
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Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hultą.
Noun edit
holt n
Declension edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “holt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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