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-ebb

-ebb

See also: ebb

Hungarian

Suffix

-ebb

(comparative suffix) -er, more
öreg ‎(“old”) → öregebb ‎(“older”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ebb	-ebbek
accusative	-ebbet	-ebbeket
dative	-ebbnek	-ebbeknek
instrumental	-ebbel	-ebbekkel
causal-final	-ebbért	-ebbekért
translative	-ebbé	-ebbekké
terminative	-ebbig	-ebbekig
essive-formal	-ebbként	-ebbekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-ebben	-ebbekben
superessive	-ebben	-ebbeken
adessive	-ebbnél	-ebbeknél
illative	-ebbe	-ebbekbe
sublative	-ebbre	-ebbekre
allative	-ebbhez	-ebbekhez
elative	-ebből	-ebbekből
delative	-ebbről	-ebbekről
ablative	-ebbtől	-ebbektől

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