Hungarian

Suffix

-bb

1. (comparative suffix) -er, more

   apró ‎(“tiny”) → apróbb ‎(“tinier”)

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

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6