szép

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Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Alternatively, borrowed from an Iranian language (compare Persian زیبا (zibâ, “beautiful”))?[4] (is there any literature that discusses this similarity and the chances of them being related?)”

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːp

Adjective

szép (comparative szebb, superlative legszebb)

  1. beautiful
    Antonym: csúnya
  2. (as a prefix) great-great-great-grand- (the grandparent of one's great-grandparent or the grandchild of one's great-grandchild)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative szép szépek
accusative szépet szépeket
dative szépnek szépeknek
instrumental széppel szépekkel
causal-final szépért szépekért
translative széppé szépekké
terminative szépig szépekig
essive-formal szépként szépekként
essive-modal — —
inessive szépben szépekben
superessive szépen szépeken
adessive szépnél szépeknél
illative szépbe szépekbe
sublative szépre szépekre
allative széphez szépekhez
elative szépből szépekből
delative szépről szépekről
ablative széptől szépektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		szépé szépeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		szépéi szépekéi

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References

  1. ^ Entry #956 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ szép in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  3. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “seppä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish)
  4. ^ “Do szép from Hungarian and زیبا (zeːbɑː) from Persian have the same origin?”, in Quora‎, 2023 January 31, archived from the original on 2023-11-07

Further reading

  • szép 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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