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 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

• 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