-lat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"

Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -at (noun-forming suffix), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The neologists popularized it based on verbs ending in -l and further derived with -at/-et.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɒt]
  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • Homophone: lat

Suffix

-lat

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to different parts of speech to form a noun.
    ‎magas (“tall”) + ‎-lat → ‎magaslat (“elevation”)

Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
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    -let is added to front-vowel words
  • Some nouns endomg in -lat do not belong to this category. The suffix -at is added after a stem-final -l, for example jóslat.

Derived terms
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -lat

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. -lat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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