jámbor

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Hungarian

Etymology

Blend of jó (“good”) +‎ ember (“man, person”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: jám‧bor
  • Rhymes: -or

Adjective

jámbor (comparative jámborabb, superlative legjámborabb)

  1. pious, devout, godly, god-fearing
  2. good, simple, meek, guileless
  3. (of animals) tame

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative jámbor jámborak
accusative jámbort jámborakat
dative jámbornak jámboraknak
instrumental jámborral jámborakkal
causal-final jámborért jámborakért
translative jámborrá jámborakká
terminative jámborig jámborakig
essive-formal jámborként jámborakként
essive-modal jámborul —
inessive jámborban jámborakban
superessive jámboron jámborakon
adessive jámbornál jámboraknál
illative jámborba jámborakba
sublative jámborra jámborakra
allative jámborhoz jámborakhoz
elative jámborból jámborakból
delative jámborról jámborakról
ablative jámbortól jámboraktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		jámboré jámboraké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		jámboréi jámborakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ jámbor 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

  • jámbor 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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