alvajáró
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From alva (“while asleep”, adverbial participle of alszik (“to sleep”)) + járó (“walking; walker”, present participle of jár (“to walk”)).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɒlvɒjaːroː]
Rhymes: -roː
Hyphenation: al‧va‧já‧ró
=== Adjective ===
alvajáró (not comparable)
somnambulant, sleepwalking (walking as if, or while, asleep)
Synonym: holdkóros
Alvajáró románc ― Sleepwalking Romance (a poem by Federico García Lorca, Spanish title Romance sonámbulo)
=== Noun ===
alvajáró (plural alvajárók)
somnambulist, sleepwalker (one who walks, or is active, while asleep)
Synonym: holdkóros
(figurative, colloquial) sleepwalker (one who goes though life in a state of obliviousness)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
alvajáró in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
alvajáró 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 2026).