azelőtt
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
az (“that”) + előtt (“before”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
azelőtt
- 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[edit]
Similar 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[edit]
Postposition[edit]
azelőtt
- 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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)