netán
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Hungarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
netán (not comparable)
- perchance, possibly, by chance, by any chance, (if…) should, in case (suggesting an unlikely possibility)
- Synonyms: talán, esetleg, véletlenül
- Vigyél esernyőt, ha netán elered(ne) az eső. (The optional conditional may enhance the presumed unlikelihood.) ― Take an umbrella in case it rains. (literally, “…if the rain should possibly start.”)
Further reading[edit]
- netán defined at netalán 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