Meaning of -tán | Babel Free

Definitions

Added to certain verbs to form an adverb, usually in the sense “on doing something” (for transitive verbs) or “after/once something happens” (for intransitive verbs).

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Equivalents

Examples

“ad (“to give”) + -tán → adtán, now only construed with alkalom (“occasion”) → alkalomadtán (“should the occasion arise”, literally “once [an] occasion is given, i.e. supplied”)”

“fogy (“to diminish, run out”) + -tán → fogytán (“in short supply, [in the state of] running out”)”

“foly(ik) (“to flow”) + -tán → folytán (“owing to, by virtue of, as a result of”, literally “once something has flown, i.e., happened”)”

“lát (“to see”) + -tán → láttán (“on seeing”)”

“múl(ik) (“to pass”) + -tán → múltán (“after … passed”)”

“olvas (“to read”) + -tán → olvastán (“on reading”)”

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