domb

See also: Domb and dōmb

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *tᴕmpɜ (“something lofty; hill, island etc.”). Cognates include Northern Mansi тумп (tump, “island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomb]

• Audio

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Noun

domb (plural dombok)

1. hill, mound, hump (an elevated location smaller than a mountain)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	domb	dombok
accusative	dombot	dombokat
dative	dombnak	domboknak
instrumental	dombbal	dombokkal
causal-final	dombért	dombokért
translative	dombbá	dombokká
terminative	dombig	dombokig
essive-formal	dombként	dombokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dombban	dombokban
superessive	dombon	dombokon
adessive	dombnál	domboknál
illative	dombba	dombokba
sublative	dombra	dombokra
allative	dombhoz	dombokhoz
elative	dombból	dombokból
delative	dombról	dombokról
ablative	dombtól	domboktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dombé	domboké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dombéi	dombokéi

Possessive forms of domb
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dombom	dombjaim
2nd person sing.	dombod	dombjaid
3rd person sing.	dombja	dombjai
1st person plural	dombunk	dombjaink
2nd person plural	dombotok	dombjaitok
3rd person plural	dombjuk	dombjaik

Derived terms

• dombocska
• dombos
• dombság

 

Compound words

• dombhát
• domboldal
• dombvidék
• ródlidomb
• szeméremdomb
• trágyadomb

 

Further reading

• domb 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
• domb 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)

Middle English

Adjective

domb

1. Alternative form of dumb