Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Serbo-Croatian prebjeg (deserter), from pre- prefix + bijeg (escape).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpribeːk]
  • Hyphenation: pri‧bék
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Noun edit

pribék (plural pribékek)

  1. henchman

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pribék pribékek
accusative pribéket pribékeket
dative pribéknek pribékeknek
instrumental pribékkel pribékekkel
causal-final pribékért pribékekért
translative pribékké pribékekké
terminative pribékig pribékekig
essive-formal pribékként pribékekként
essive-modal
inessive pribékben pribékekben
superessive pribéken pribékeken
adessive pribéknél pribékeknél
illative pribékbe pribékekbe
sublative pribékre pribékekre
allative pribékhez pribékekhez
elative pribékből pribékekből
delative pribékről pribékekről
ablative pribéktől pribékektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pribéké pribékeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pribékéi pribékekéi
Possessive forms of pribék
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pribékem pribékjeim
2nd person sing. pribéked pribékjeid
3rd person sing. pribékje pribékjei
1st person plural pribékünk pribékjeink
2nd person plural pribéketek pribékjeitek
3rd person plural pribékjük pribékjeik

Further reading edit

  • pribék 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