holt-

Hungarian

Etymology

Same as holt, from hal (“to die”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈholt]

Prefix

holt-

  1. completely, totally
    Synonym: teljesen
    ‎holt- + ‎részeg (“drunk”) → ‎holtrészeg (“blind drunk”, literally “totally drunk”)
  2. equal (moving equally, without any difference)
    ‎holt- + ‎verseny (“race, competition”) → ‎holtverseny (“dead heat, draw, tie”, literally “equal race”)
  3. unusable, useless, unutilized, unused
    ‎holt- + ‎tér (“area, space”) → ‎holttér (“blind spot”, literally “unusable space”)

Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives prefixed with holt-
Hungarian nouns prefixed with holt-

References
  1. holt- in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • holt 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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