kézen-közön
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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kéz (“hand”) + -en (“on”, case suffix) + köz (“gap”) + -ön (“on”, case suffix), literally: “on hand, on gap” indicating that something went through the hands of multiple people
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (only in a few expressions) in an undefinable way, without evidence (due to going through multiple hands)
- A költözködésben a jegyzeteim kézen-közön eltűntek. ― During the move my notes vanished without a trace.
Further reading
[edit]- kézen-közön 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