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szánta

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See also: szanta and szantą

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsaːntɒ]
  • Hyphenation: szán‧ta

Etymology 1

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szán (to pity; to intend, mean, set aside, devote) +‎ -ta (past-tense suffix)

Verb

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szánta

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of szán

Etymology 2

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szán (to intend) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix incorporating the possessive suffix)

Noun

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szánta

  1. (construed with -ból or rarely -val and an attribute): his/her/its intention, intent, initiative
    Synonyms: akarata, szándéka, kezdeménye
Declension
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Only used with an attributive word and the suffix -ból or rarely -val, added to any of these possessive-suffixed forms below.

Possessive forms of szánta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. szántom
2nd person sing. szántod
3rd person sing. szánta
1st person plural szántunk
2nd person plural szántotok
3rd person plural szántuk

or

Possessive forms of szánta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. szántam
2nd person sing. szántad
3rd person sing. szánta
1st person plural szántunk
2nd person plural szántatok
3rd person plural szántuk
Derived terms
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Compound words

Further reading

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  • szánta 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