-abb

See also: abb and abb.

Contents

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

-a- ‎(“linking vowel”) +‎ -bb ‎(“comparative suffix”)

SuffixEdit

-abb

1. (comparative suffix) -er, more

   fiatal ‎(“young”) → fiatalabb ‎(“younger”)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-abb	-abbak
accusative	-abbat	-abbakat
dative	-abbnak	-abbaknak
instrumental	-abbal	-abbakkal
causal-final	-abbért	-abbakért
translative	-abbá	-abbakká
terminative	-abbig	-abbakig
essive-formal	-abbként	-abbakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-abban	-abbakban
superessive	-abbon	-abbakon
adessive	-abbnál	-abbaknál
illative	-abba	-abbakba
sublative	-abbra	-abbakra
allative	-abbhoz	-abbakhoz
elative	-abból	-abbakból
delative	-abbról	-abbakról
ablative	-abbtól	-abbaktól

Usage notesEdit

• (comparative suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -b is added to some words ending in a consonant, a somewhat archaic variant

  idős ‎(“old”) → idősb ‎(“older”) (the modern comparative is idősebb)

  -bb is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  drága ‎(“expensive”) → drágább ‎(“more expensive”)

  fekete ‎(“black”) → feketébb ‎(“blacker”)

  -abb is added to most back vowel words ending in a consonant

  fiatal ‎(“young”) → fiatalabb ‎(“younger”)

  -obb is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant

  nagy ‎(“big”) → nagyobb ‎(“bigger”)

  -ebb is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  öreg ‎(“old”) → öregebb ‎(“older”)

Derived termsEdit

• Category:Hungarian adjective comparative forms

See alsoEdit

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes