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Definition 2025
Mumus
mumus
mumus
See also: Mumus
Hungarian
Etymology
From the former onomatopoeic mumu + -s (“diminutive suffix”). The mumu imitates a threatening growling sound meant to inspire fear in children in child-directed speech.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmumuʃ]
- Hyphenation: mu‧mus
Noun
mumus (plural mumusok)
- bugbear, bogeyman, bugaboo (an imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children)
- (by extension) hobgoblin (a person or object that appears frightful or formidable)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mumus | mumusok |
| accusative | mumust | mumusokat |
| dative | mumusnak | mumusoknak |
| instrumental | mumussal | mumusokkal |
| causal-final | mumusért | mumusokért |
| translative | mumussá | mumusokká |
| terminative | mumusig | mumusokig |
| essive-formal | mumusként | mumusokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mumusban | mumusokban |
| superessive | mumuson | mumusokon |
| adessive | mumusnál | mumusoknál |
| illative | mumusba | mumusokba |
| sublative | mumusra | mumusokra |
| allative | mumushoz | mumusokhoz |
| elative | mumusból | mumusokból |
| delative | mumusról | mumusokról |
| ablative | mumustól | mumusoktól |
| Possessive forms of mumus | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mumusom | mumusaim |
| 2nd person sing. | mumusod | mumusaid |
| 3rd person sing. | mumusa | mumusai |
| 1st person plural | mumusunk | mumusaink |
| 2nd person plural | mumusotok | mumusaitok |
| 3rd person plural | mumusuk | mumusaik |
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6