-lat

See also: lat, LAT, lát, laț, lat., Lat., and Appendix:Variations of "lat"

Hungarian

Etymology

-l +‎ -at, 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]

Suffix

-lat

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

Usage notes

  • (noun suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -lat is added to a back vowel word
    -let is added to a front vowel word

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-lat'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -lat</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

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