blatt
English
Etymology
Named after Richard Greenblatt, who prioritized his work over bathing, leading to a strong stench.
Noun
blatt (plural blatts)
- (humorous) A unit of odor approximately equal to the strength of Richard Greenblatt's odor.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈblɒtː]
- Hyphenation: blatt
Noun
blatt (plural blattok)
- (card games) card, playing card
- Synonyms: lap, kártyalap
- (music) sheet music
- Synonyms: lap, kottalap
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | blatt | blattok |
| accusative | blattot | blattokat |
| dative | blattnak | blattoknak |
| instrumental | blattal | blattokkal |
| causal-final | blattért | blattokért |
| translative | blattá | blattokká |
| terminative | blattig | blattokig |
| essive-formal | blattként | blattokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | blattban | blattokban |
| superessive | blatton | blattokon |
| adessive | blattnál | blattoknál |
| illative | blattba | blattokba |
| sublative | blattra | blattokra |
| allative | blatthoz | blattokhoz |
| elative | blattból | blattokból |
| delative | blattról | blattokról |
| ablative | blattól | blattoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
blatté | blattoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
blattéi | blattokéi |
| Possessive forms of blatt | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | blattom | blattjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | blattod | blattjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | blattja | blattjai |
| 1st person plural | blattunk | blattjaink |
| 2nd person plural | blattotok | blattjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | blattjuk | blattjaik |
Derived terms
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
- blatt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
list of humorous units of measurement § blatt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - blatt in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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