azelőtt
Hungarian
editEtymology
editaz (“that”) + előtt (“before”)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editazelőtt
- before (in time), previously, formerly (in former times) (the amount of time that had passed until that time is expressed with -val/-vel)
Usage notes
editSimilar compounds are written as one word (in solid) when they function as adverbs or parts of a conjunction. However, if they emphatically point at something particular (“without/around/behind/etc. that person/object”), they are written with a space inside. More information: Section 121 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Derived terms
editPostposition
editazelőtt
- before, earlier (the amount of time that had passed is expressed with -val/-vel)
- Coordinate term: ezelőtt
- három évvel azelőtt ― three years before
Further reading
edit- azelőtt 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
- azelőtt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).