csáb

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back formation from the verbs csábít (“to tempt”) and csábul (“to fall into temptation”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

Noun

csáb (usually uncountable, plural csábok)

  1. lure, allurement, enticement (the act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting)
    Synonym: csábítás
  2. enticement (that which entices, such as attractiveness, appeal, charisma, flattery)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative csáb csábok
accusative csábot csábokat
dative csábnak csáboknak
instrumental csábbal csábokkal
causal-final csábért csábokért
translative csábbá csábokká
terminative csábig csábokig
essive-formal csábként csábokként
essive-modal — —
inessive csábban csábokban
superessive csábon csábokon
adessive csábnál csáboknál
illative csábba csábokba
sublative csábra csábokra
allative csábhoz csábokhoz
elative csábból csábokból
delative csábról csábokról
ablative csábtól csáboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		csábé csáboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		csábéi csábokéi
Possessive forms of csáb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. csábom csábjaim
2nd person sing. csábod csábjaid
3rd person sing. csábja csábjai
1st person plural csábunk csábjaink
2nd person plural csábotok csábjaitok
3rd person plural csábjuk csábjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • csáb 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).
  • csáb 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

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