Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1 edit

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix). The root is possibly related to dob (drum).[1]

Verb edit

dobban

  1. (intransitive) to thud, boom (to make a dull and deep sound)
  2. (intransitive, of the heart) to throb, pound (to give a strong thud)
  3. (intransitive, archaic, literary) to flump (to fall with a dull sound)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

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Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

dob (drum) +‎ -ban (in, inessive case suffix)

Noun edit

dobban

  1. inessive singular of dob

References edit

  1. ^ dobban in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • dobban 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
  • dobban 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)