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holt-

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Same as holt, from hal (“to die”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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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

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Hungarian adjectives prefixed with holt-
holtbiztos
holtrészeg
Hungarian nouns prefixed with holt-
holttér
holtverseny

References

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  1. ^ holt- 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, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • 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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