Hungarian

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 galamb on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *golǫbь. Compare Slovak holub.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɒlɒmb]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lamb
  • Rhymes: -ɒmb

Noun

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galamb (plural galambok)

  1. dove, pigeon
  2. (dialectal) lover, sweetheart (one who loves and cares for another person)
    Synonyms: szerelmes, szerető

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative galamb galambok
accusative galambot galambokat
dative galambnak galamboknak
instrumental galambbal galambokkal
causal-final galambért galambokért
translative galambbá galambokká
terminative galambig galambokig
essive-formal galambként galambokként
essive-modal
inessive galambban galambokban
superessive galambon galambokon
adessive galambnál galamboknál
illative galambba galambokba
sublative galambra galambokra
allative galambhoz galambokhoz
elative galambból galambokból
delative galambról galambokról
ablative galambtól galamboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
galambé galamboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
galambéi galambokéi
Possessive forms of galamb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. galambom galambjaim
2nd person sing. galambod galambjaid
3rd person sing. galambja galambjai
1st person plural galambunk galambjaink
2nd person plural galambotok galambjaitok
3rd person plural galambjuk galambjaik

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • galamb 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