letelte

Hungarian

Etymology

letelik (“to pass, elapse, expire, be up/over”) +‎ -te (noun-forming suffix amalgamating the possessive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtɛltɛ]
• Hyphenation: le‧tel‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

Noun

letelte

1. (of time or a temporal concept like “vacation”) its passing, elapsing, expiring, expiration, expiry, being up, being over

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	letelte	—
accusative	leteltét	—
dative	leteltének	—
instrumental	leteltével	—
causal-final	leteltéért	—
translative	leteltévé	—
terminative	leteltéig	—
essive-formal	letelteként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	leteltében	—
superessive	leteltén	—
adessive	letelténél	—
illative	leteltébe	—
sublative	leteltére	—
allative	leteltéhez	—
elative	leteltéből	—
delative	leteltéről	—
ablative	leteltétől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	leteltéé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	leteltééi	—

Possessive forms of letelte

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	leteltem	—
2nd person sing.	letelted	—
3rd person sing.	letelte	—
1st person plural	leteltünk	—
2nd person plural	leteltetek	—
3rd person plural	leteltük	—

Related terms

• eltelte
• megtelte
• telte (from the unprefixed verb telik)
• tölte

Further reading

• letelte in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.