babona
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Slovak or Ukrainian. Compare Slovak babona, bobona, Ukrainian dialectal бабона (babona, “superstition”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babona (plural babonák)
- superstition
- Synonym: hiedelem
- (slightly derogatory) misconception, delusion
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | babona | babonák |
| accusative | babonát | babonákat |
| dative | babonának | babonáknak |
| instrumental | babonával | babonákkal |
| causal-final | babonáért | babonákért |
| translative | babonává | babonákká |
| terminative | babonáig | babonákig |
| essive-formal | babonaként | babonákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | babonában | babonákban |
| superessive | babonán | babonákon |
| adessive | babonánál | babonáknál |
| illative | babonába | babonákba |
| sublative | babonára | babonákra |
| allative | babonához | babonákhoz |
| elative | babonából | babonákból |
| delative | babonáról | babonákról |
| ablative | babonától | babonáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
babonáé | babonáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
babonáéi | babonákéi |
| Possessive forms of babona | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | babonám | babonáim |
| 2nd person sing. | babonád | babonáid |
| 3rd person sing. | babonája | babonái |
| 1st person plural | babonánk | babonáink |
| 2nd person plural | babonátok | babonáitok |
| 3rd person plural | babonájuk | babonáik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ babona in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- babona 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
- babona 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)
Slovak edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babona.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babona f (genitive singular babony, nominative plural babony, genitive plural babôn, declension pattern of žena)
Declension edit
Declension of babona
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “babona”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024