telt

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell +‎ -t.

Verb

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telt

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) simple past and past participle of tell
    Get him telt he's tae come hame noo
    you'll dae as yer mam's telt ya

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German telt, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with German Zelt and Old Norse tjald (tent) (whence Norwegian Bokmål tjeld, Swedish tjäll, and Danish tjæld). English tilt and Swedish tält were also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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telt n (singular definite teltet, plural indefinite telte)

  1. a tent

Inflection

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References

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

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telt

  1. inflection of tellen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the verb telik.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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telt

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of telik
    Hogy telt ma a napod?How was your day?

Participle

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telt

  1. past participle of telik: that which has (been) filled (up)

Derived terms

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Compound words
Expressions

Adjective

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telt (comparative teltebb, superlative legteltebb)

  1. full
    Synonyms: teli, töltött
  2. plump (figure)
    Synonyms: teltkarcsú, molett, pufi, duci

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative telt teltek
accusative teltet telteket
dative teltnek telteknek
instrumental telttel teltekkel
causal-final teltért teltekért
translative teltté teltekké
terminative teltig teltekig
essive-formal teltként teltekként
essive-modal
inessive teltben teltekben
superessive telten telteken
adessive teltnél telteknél
illative teltbe teltekbe
sublative teltre teltekre
allative telthez teltekhez
elative teltből teltekből
delative teltről teltekről
ablative telttől teltektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
telté telteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
teltéi teltekéi

References

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

Further reading

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  • telt 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

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English teld (tent), Danish telt. Became tilt in Late Middle English.

Noun

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telt (plural telts)

  1. a cloth covering, an awning

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German telt.

Noun

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telt n (definite singular teltet, indefinite plural telt or telter, definite plural telta or teltene)

  1. a tent
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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telt

  1. past participle of telle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Middle Low German telt. Doublet of tjeld.

Noun

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telt n (definite singular teltet, indefinite plural telt, definite plural telta)

  1. a tent
    Synonym: tjeld

Derived terms

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References

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