át

See also: Appendix:Variations of "at"

Faroese

Verb

át

1. first/third-person singular past of eta

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1519. Of debated origin:

• Continuation of the archaic adverb ált (compare által).
• By clipping of the later term által, itself originally the adverb-suffixed form of ált.

Their parallel usage gradually ceased and át was established in a concrete sense, által, in a figurative sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːt]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Adverb

át (not comparable)

1. (rare) across, over

   balra át! ― face left! left turn!

   jobbra át! ― face right! right turn!

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with át-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see át-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms

• át-
• átlag → átlagos

 

Postposition

át

1. across, over (from one side of an opening to the other, with -n/-on/-en/-ön)

   Synonym: keresztül (“through”)

Further reading

• át 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
• át 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).

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic *ētą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auːt/

  Rhymes: -auːt

Noun

át n (genitive singular áts, no plural)

1. eating, the act of eating
2. solid food that one must chew

   Synonyms: átmatur, harðmeti

Declension

Declension of át (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	át	átið
accusative	át	átið
dative	áti	átinu
genitive	áts	átsins

Anagrams

• tá

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to eta. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Noun

át n

1. the act of eating
2. food

Declension

  Declension of át (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	át	átit	át	átin
accusative	át	átit	át	átin
dative	áti	átinu	átum	átunum
genitive	áz	ázins	áta	átanna

Derived terms

• hrossakjǫtsát (“the eating of horsemeat”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: át
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åt
• Norwegian Bokmål: åt

See also

• áta

References

• át in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

Verb

át

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of eta: I ate
2. third-person singular preterite indicative of eta: he ate

Anagrams

• tá

Tlingit

Pronoun

át

1. it; something (fourth-person nonhuman independent pronoun)

Derived terms

• a daax̱ yaa dulsheech át
• a kaaxʼ at sahéix̱ át
• a kát dul.usʾku át
• a kát sh is.éex̱ át
• a kát sh kadultsex̱t át
• a kát yadu.usʼgu át
• a káxʼ yoo kduwahéigi át
• a káx̱ ash kudushx̱ʼilʼaa át
• at.óow
• yee.át

 

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˥]
• Homophone: ác

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French as.

Noun

át

1. (card games) ace

Synonyms

• xì

See also

Playing cards in Vietnamese · bài tây (layout · text)
át, xì	heo, hai	ba	bốn	năm	sáu	bảy
tám	chín	mười	bồi	đầm	già	phăng teo

Etymology 2

Verb

át

1. to overwhelm

Derived terms

• lấn át

 

Anagrams

• tá

Western Durango Nahuatl

Noun

át

1. water