hosszan

Hungarian

Etymology

From hosszú (“long”) +‎ -an (“-ly”, deadjectival adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhosːɒn]
  • Rhymes: -ɒn
  • Hyphenation: hosz‧szan

Adverb

hosszan (not comparable)

  1. (of space) long (stretched out in space in its entire length; stretching far)
    • 1851, János Arany, Családi kör (Family circle)‎[1]:
      Ballag egy cica is - bogarászni restel - Óvakodva lépked hosszan elnyult testtel
      A cat, too lazy to go chasing flies, her body stretched, moves slow with cautious steps
  2. (of time) long, for a long time

Further reading

  • hosszan 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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