Hungarian

Circumfix

leg- -bb

1. -est. Used to form the superlative of adjectives.

   apró ‎(“tiny”) → legapróbb ‎(“tiniest”)

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  leg- -b is added to words ending in a consonant, a somewhat archaic variant

  idős ‎(“old”) → legidősb ‎(“oldest”) (the modern comparative is legidősebb)

  leg- -bb is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  drága ‎(“expensive”) → legdrágább ‎(“most expensive”)

  fekete ‎(“black”) → legfeketébb ‎(“blackest”)

  leg- -abb is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  fiatal ‎(“young”) → legfiatalabb ‎(“youngest”)

  leg- -obb is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  nagy ‎(“large”) → legnagyobb ‎(“largest”)

  leg- -ebb is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  öreg ‎(“old”) → legöregebb ‎(“oldest”)

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes