folytán

Hungarian

Etymology

From the noun folyt (“walking, going”) +‎ -a (“its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -n (case suffix). The noun was derived from the verb folyik (“to flow”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfojtaːn]
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  • Rhymes: -aːn
  • Hyphenation: foly‧tán

Postposition

folytán

  1. (higher register) during, in the course of [1794]
    Synonym: folyamán
  2. in consequence of, as a result of [1848]
    Synonyms: következtében, kifolyólag
    A gondatlanság folytán keletkezett károkat nem térítjük meg. ― We will not compensate for damages caused by negligence.

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

References

  1. ^ folytán in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.

Further reading

  • folytán in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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