-abb

See also: abb and abb.

Contents

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-abb

1. (comparative suffix) -er, more

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

Usage notes

• (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”)

Declension

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

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian adjective comparative forms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes