Hungarian

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Etymology

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kis (little) +‎ vártatva (adverbial participle), from obsolete vártat (to have someone wait, currently várat) +‎ -va (adverbial-participal suffix), from vár (to wait) +‎ -tat (causative suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkiʃvaːrtɒtvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kis‧vár‧tat‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Adverb

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kisvártatva (not comparable)

  1. (literary) shortly, soon (after a short time)
    Synonyms: nemsokára, csakhamar, hamarosan, rövid időn belül

References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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