láb

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Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (bone)[1] + the suffix -b, used in an unusual diminutive function. Compare Northern Mansi лу (lu), Erzya ловажа (lovaža) and Finnish luu.

Alternately, from Proto-Uralic *lümpe (blade, flat part, width (of hand or foot)),[2] akin to Northern Selkup (laamp).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

láb (plural lábak)

  1. leg (of a human or an animal)
    Synonym: lábszár
  2. foot (of a human or an animal)
    Synonym: lábfej
  3. leg (of an object, e.g. a table or a bed)
  4. foot (of a mountain)
  5. support, stand (of an object)
    Synonyms: lábazat, alj, tartó, állvány, támasz, támaszték
  6. pier, pillar (of a bridge)
    Synonym: pillér

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative láb lábak
accusative lábat lábakat
dative lábnak lábaknak
instrumental lábbal lábakkal
causal-final lábért lábakért
translative lábbá lábakká
terminative lábig lábakig
essive-formal lábként lábakként
essive-modal
inessive lábban lábakban
superessive lábon lábakon
adessive lábnál lábaknál
illative lábba lábakba
sublative lábra lábakra
allative lábhoz lábakhoz
elative lábból lábakból
delative lábról lábakról
ablative lábtól lábaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lábé lábaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lábéi lábakéi
Possessive forms of láb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lábam lábaim
2nd person sing. lábad lábaid
3rd person sing. lába lábai
1st person plural lábunk lábaink
2nd person plural lábatok lábaitok
3rd person plural lábuk lábaik

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Descendants

  • Romanian: labă

References

  1. ^ Entry #498 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Entry #500 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

  • láb 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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