futtában

Hungarian

Etymology

fut (“to run”) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix with an amalgamated third-person possessive suffix) + -ban (“in”, case suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfutːaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: fut‧tá‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

futtában

  1. (of the third person singular) while running, as s/he is/was running
    Futtában észrevette, hogy elveszett a táskája. ― While running, she noticed that her bag was missing.

Declension

Other possessive forms: futtomban, futtodban; futtunkban, futtotokban, and futtukban (“as I am/was running, as you are/were running, we…, you…, they are/were running”). Less commonly the variant forms futtamban, futtadban and futtatokban are found.

Derived terms
  • kutyafuttában

Adverb

futtában (not comparable)

  1. rapidly, hastily

Further reading
  • futtában 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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