Hungarian

Suffix

-b

1. (comparative suffix, somewhat archaic) -er, more

   idős ‎(“old”) → idősb ‎(“older”)

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”)

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian adjective comparative forms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Veps

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-pi.

Suffix

-b

1. Suffix of the third-person singular.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-pa.

Suffix

-b

1. (no longer productive) -ing; forms a secondary present active participle of a few verbs.

Inflection

Derived terms

• -dab