futtában
Hungarian
Etymology
fut (“to run”) + -ta (noun-forming suffix with an amalgamated third-person possessive suffix) + -ban (“in”, case suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfutːaːbɒn]
- Hyphenation: fut‧tá‧ban
Noun
futtában
- (of the third person singular) while running, as s/he is/was running
- Futtában észrevette, hogy elveszett a táskája. ― While running, she noticed that her bag was missing.
Declension
Other possessive forms: futtomban, futtodban; futtunkban, futtotokban, and futtukban (“as I am/was running, as you are/were running, we…, you…, they are/were running”). Less commonly the variant forms futtamban, futtadban and futtatokban are found.
Derived terms
- kutyafuttában
Adverb
futtában (not comparable)
- rapidly, hastily
Further reading
- futtában 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