búb

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See also: bub and Bub

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Noun

búb (plural búbok)

  1. (of human) crown of head
    a feje búbja ― the top of one's head
  2. (of bird) crest, tuft, topknot, hood

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative búb búbok
accusative búbot búbokat
dative búbnak búboknak
instrumental búbbal búbokkal
causal-final búbért búbokért
translative búbbá búbokká
terminative búbig búbokig
essive-formal búbként búbokként
essive-modal — —
inessive búbban búbokban
superessive búbon búbokon
adessive búbnál búboknál
illative búbba búbokba
sublative búbra búbokra
allative búbhoz búbokhoz
elative búbból búbokból
delative búbról búbokról
ablative búbtól búboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		búbé búboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		búbéi búbokéi
Possessive forms of búb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. búbom búbjaim
2nd person sing. búbod búbjaid
3rd person sing. búbja búbjai
1st person plural búbunk búbjaink
2nd person plural búbotok búbjaitok
3rd person plural búbjuk búbjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ búb 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

  • (crown of head; crest, tuft): búb 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
  • (archaic; synonym of bubi (“jack, knave”)): búb 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
  • búb 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)
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