ostoba

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Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ostoba (comparative ostobább, superlative legostobább)

  1. stupid, foolish
    Antonym: bölcs

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ostoba ostobák
accusative ostobát ostobákat
dative ostobának ostobáknak
instrumental ostobával ostobákkal
causal-final ostobáért ostobákért
translative ostobává ostobákká
terminative ostobáig ostobákig
essive-formal ostobaként ostobákként
essive-modal
inessive ostobában ostobákban
superessive ostobán ostobákon
adessive ostobánál ostobáknál
illative ostobába ostobákba
sublative ostobára ostobákra
allative ostobához ostobákhoz
elative ostobából ostobákból
delative ostobáról ostobákról
ablative ostobától ostobáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ostobáé ostobáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ostobáéi ostobákéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ostoba in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • ostoba 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