mumus

See also: Mumus

English

Noun

mumus

1. plural of mumu

Hungarian

Etymology

From the former onomatopoeic mumu +‎ -s (diminutive suffix). The mumu imitates a threatening growling sound meant to inspire fear in children in child-directed speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmumuʃ]
• Hyphenation: mu‧mus
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

mumus (plural mumusok)

1. bugbear, bogeyman, bugaboo (an imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children)
2. (by extension) hobgoblin (a person or object that appears frightful or formidable)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mumus	mumusok
accusative	mumust	mumusokat
dative	mumusnak	mumusoknak
instrumental	mumussal	mumusokkal
causal-final	mumusért	mumusokért
translative	mumussá	mumusokká
terminative	mumusig	mumusokig
essive-formal	mumusként	mumusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mumusban	mumusokban
superessive	mumuson	mumusokon
adessive	mumusnál	mumusoknál
illative	mumusba	mumusokba
sublative	mumusra	mumusokra
allative	mumushoz	mumusokhoz
elative	mumusból	mumusokból
delative	mumusról	mumusokról
ablative	mumustól	mumusoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	mumusé	mumusoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mumuséi	mumusokéi

Possessive forms of mumus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mumusom	mumusaim
2nd person sing.	mumusod	mumusaid
3rd person sing.	mumusa	mumusai
1st person plural	mumusunk	mumusaink
2nd person plural	mumusotok	mumusaitok
3rd person plural	mumusuk	mumusaik

Further reading

• mumus 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