See also: dărab

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *drobъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒrɒb]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧rab
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

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darab (plural darabok)

  1. piece, chunk
  2. (music) piece
  3. (theater) Synonym of színdarab, play, drama
  4. (mainly in the form darabig, with egy or ) some while
    Itt leszünk még egy darabig.We will be here for a while.
    Egy jó darabig senki sem szólalt meg.For a long while, no one said a word.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative darab darabok
accusative darabot darabokat
dative darabnak daraboknak
instrumental darabbal darabokkal
causal-final darabért darabokért
translative darabbá darabokká
terminative darabig darabokig
essive-formal darabként darabokként
essive-modal
inessive darabban darabokban
superessive darabon darabokon
adessive darabnál daraboknál
illative darabba darabokba
sublative darabra darabokra
allative darabhoz darabokhoz
elative darabból darabokból
delative darabról darabokról
ablative darabtól daraboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
darabé daraboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
darabéi darabokéi
Possessive forms of darab
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. darabom darabjaim
2nd person sing. darabod darabjaid
3rd person sing. darabja darabjai
1st person plural darabunk darabjaink
2nd person plural darabotok darabjaitok
3rd person plural darabjuk darabjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ darab in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

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  • darab 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
  • darab 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)

Maltese

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Root
d-r-b
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, to beat, hit).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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darab (imperfect jidrob, past participle midrub)

  1. to injure, wound
    Synonyms: fera, ġeraħ, weġġa’

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of darab
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m drabt drabt darab drabna drabtu darbu
f darbet
imperfect m nidrob tidrob jidrob nidorbu tidorbu jidorbu
f tidrob
imperative idrob idorbu