alatt

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of al (“lower part”) +‎ -tt (locative case ending).[1] The root al- is from Proto-Uralic *ëla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒtː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: alatt

Postposition

alatt

  1. under, below, underneath
    az asztal alatt ― under the table
  2. in, in/over the course of (temporal)
    Synonyms: közben, során, folyamán
    tíz perc alatt ― in (the course of) ten minutes

Derived terms

(Compound words):

(Expressions):

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian postpositions

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading
  • alatt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
  • alatt in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031
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