eltelte
Hungarian
Etymology
eltelik (“to pass, elapse, go by”) + -te (noun-forming suffix amalgamating the possessive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛltɛltɛ]
- Hyphenation: el‧tel‧te
- Rhymes: -tɛ
Noun
eltelte
- (of time) its passing, elapsing, going by, lapse, expiration, expiry
Declension
It most commonly occurs in the form elteltével (“after …… go(es)/went by, …… later; after a lapse of ……”).
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | eltelte | — |
| accusative | elteltét | — |
| dative | elteltének | — |
| instrumental | elteltével | — |
| causal-final | elteltéért | — |
| translative | elteltévé | — |
| terminative | elteltéig | — |
| essive-formal | eltelteként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | elteltében | — |
| superessive | elteltén | — |
| adessive | eltelténél | — |
| illative | elteltébe | — |
| sublative | elteltére | — |
| allative | elteltéhez | — |
| elative | elteltéből | — |
| delative | elteltéről | — |
| ablative | elteltétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | elteltéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | elteltééi | — |
| Possessive forms of eltelte | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | elteltem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | eltelted | — |
| 3rd person sing. | eltelte | — |
| 1st person plural | elteltünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | elteltetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | elteltük | — |
Related terms
- letelte
- megtelte
- telte (from the unprefixed verb telik)
- tölte
See also
- múlta (from the synonymous verb múlik)
Further reading
- eltelte in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN