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Hungarian
Etymology
bú (“sorrow”) + -s (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
Adjective
bús (comparative búsabb, superlative legbúsabb)
- sad, sorrowful
- Synonyms: bánatos, szomorú
- 1907, Endre Ady, Dózsa György unokája (Grandchild of György Dózsa), poem, lines 1–4,
Dózsa György unokája vagyok én,
Népért síró, bús, bocskoros nemes.
Hé, nagyurak, jó lesz tán szóbaállni
Kaszás népemmel, mert a Nyár heves.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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Further reading
- bús in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
- bús 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