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-obb

-obb

See also: obb and óbb

Hungarian

Suffix

-obb

(comparative suffix) -er, more
nagy ‎(“big”) → nagyobb ‎(“bigger”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-obb	-obbak
accusative	-obbat	-obbakat
dative	-obbnak	-obbaknak
instrumental	-obbal	-obbakkal
causal-final	-obbért	-obbakért
translative	-obbá	-obbakká
terminative	-obbig	-obbakig
essive-formal	-obbként	-obbakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-obban	-obbakban
superessive	-obbon	-obbakon
adessive	-obbnál	-obbaknál
illative	-obba	-obbakba
sublative	-obbra	-obbakra
allative	-obbhoz	-obbakhoz
elative	-obból	-obbakból
delative	-obbról	-obbakról
ablative	-obbtól	-obbaktól

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

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