-abb

See also: abb and abb.

Hungarian

Etymology

-a- (linking vowel) +‎ -bb (comparative suffix)

Suffix

-abb

(comparative suffix) -er, more
fiatal (“young”) → fiatalabb (“younger”)

Usage notes

(comparative suffix) Harmonic variants:
-b is added to some words ending in a consonant, a somewhat archaic variant
idős (“old”) → idősb (“older”) (the modern comparative is idősebb)

-bb is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
drága (“expensive”) → drágább (“more expensive”)

fekete (“black”) → feketébb (“blacker”)

-abb is added to most back vowel words ending in a consonant
fiatal (“young”) → fiatalabb (“younger”)

-obb is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
nagy (“big”) → nagyobb (“bigger”)

-ebb is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
öreg (“old”) → öregebb (“older”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-abb	-abbak
accusative	-abbat	-abbakat
dative	-abbnak	-abbaknak
instrumental	-abbal	-abbakkal
causal-final	-abbért	-abbakért
translative	-abbá	-abbakká
terminative	-abbig	-abbakig
essive-formal	-abbként	-abbakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-abban	-abbakban
superessive	-abbon	-abbakon
adessive	-abbnál	-abbaknál
illative	-abba	-abbakba
sublative	-abbra	-abbakra
allative	-abbhoz	-abbakhoz
elative	-abból	-abbakból
delative	-abbról	-abbakról
ablative	-abbtól	-abbaktól

Derived terms

Category:Hungarian comparative adjectives

See also

Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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