otromba

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1] Its original meaning may have been "rough", "unworked".[1] Compare Proto-Slavic *otrǫba.

Pronunciation

Adjective

otromba (comparative otrombább, superlative legotrombább)

  1. clumsy, ungainly
  2. boorish, gross

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative otromba otrombák
accusative otrombát otrombákat
dative otrombának otrombáknak
instrumental otrombával otrombákkal
causal-final otrombáért otrombákért
translative otrombává otrombákká
terminative otrombáig otrombákig
essive-formal otrombaként otrombákként
essive-modal
inessive otrombában otrombákban
superessive otrombán otrombákon
adessive otrombánál otrombáknál
illative otrombába otrombákba
sublative otrombára otrombákra
allative otrombához otrombákhoz
elative otrombából otrombákból
delative otrombáról otrombákról
ablative otrombától otrombáktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
otrombáé otrombáké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
otrombáéi otrombákéi

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 otromba 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

  • otromba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.