halott

Hungarian

Etymology

hal (“to die”) +‎ -ott (past-participle suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlotː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lott
  • Rhymes: -otː

Adjective

halott (not generally comparable, comparative halottabb, superlative leghalottabb)

  1. dead, deceased
    Synonyms: holt, (both are literary) elhunyt, (of animals only) döglött
    Antonyms: élő, eleven

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative halott halottak
accusative halottat halottakat
dative halottnak halottaknak
instrumental halottal halottakkal
causal-final halottért halottakért
translative halottá halottakká
terminative halottig halottakig
essive-formal halottként halottakként
essive-modal — —
inessive halottban halottakban
superessive halotton halottakon
adessive halottnál halottaknál
illative halottba halottakba
sublative halottra halottakra
allative halotthoz halottakhoz
elative halottból halottakból
delative halottról halottakról
ablative halottól halottaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 halotté halottaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 halottéi halottakéi

Noun

halott (plural halottak)

  1. a dead person
    Synonyms: holt, (both are literary) elhunyt
  2. corpse
    Synonyms: holttest, (possibly rude) hulla
  3. (following a numeral, in the possessive form halottja, followed by a form of van) … (people) were killed (in a disaster or attack) (literally, “it had … deads”)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative halott halottak
accusative halottat halottakat
dative halottnak halottaknak
instrumental halottal halottakkal
causal-final halottért halottakért
translative halottá halottakká
terminative halottig halottakig
essive-formal halottként halottakként
essive-modal — —
inessive halottban halottakban
superessive halotton halottakon
adessive halottnál halottaknál
illative halottba halottakba
sublative halottra halottakra
allative halotthoz halottakhoz
elative halottból halottakból
delative halottról halottakról
ablative halottól halottaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 halotté halottaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 halottéi halottakéi
Possessive forms of halott
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. halottam halottjaim
2nd person sing. halottad halottjaid
3rd person sing. halottja halottjai
1st person plural halottunk halottjaink
2nd person plural halottatok halottjaitok
3rd person plural halottjuk halottjaik

Derived terms
Compound words

Further reading
  • halott 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
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