búvár

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the búv- stem of bújik +‎ -ár.

Pronunciation

Noun

búvár (plural búvárok)

  1. diver
  2. (figuratively, especially as a second element in a compound) someone committed to studying or researching a field
    természetbúvára researcher of nature, naturalist
    lélekbúvára researcher of the soul, psychologist
  3. loon (any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry)
    Synonym: búvármadár

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative búvár búvárok
accusative búvárt búvárokat
dative búvárnak búvároknak
instrumental búvárral búvárokkal
causal-final búvárért búvárokért
translative búvárrá búvárokká
terminative búvárig búvárokig
essive-formal búvárként búvárokként
essive-modal
inessive búvárban búvárokban
superessive búváron búvárokon
adessive búvárnál búvároknál
illative búvárba búvárokba
sublative búvárra búvárokra
allative búvárhoz búvárokhoz
elative búvárból búvárokból
delative búvárról búvárokról
ablative búvártól búvároktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
búváré búvároké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
búváréi búvárokéi
Possessive forms of búvár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. búvárom búváraim, búvárjaim
2nd person sing. búvárod búváraid, búvárjaid
3rd person sing. búvára, búvárja búvárai, búvárjai
1st person plural búvárunk búváraink, búvárjaink
2nd person plural búvárotok búváraitok, búvárjaitok
3rd person plural búváruk, búvárjuk búváraik, búvárjaik

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • búvár 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
  • búvár in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).