dimbes-dombos
Hungarian
Etymology
A playful reduplication of dombos (“hilly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdimbɛʒdomboʃ]
- Hyphenation: dim‧bes-‧dom‧bos
- Rhymes: -oʃ
Adjective
dimbes-dombos (comparative dimbesebb-dombosabb, superlative legdimbesebb-dombosabb)
- hilly, rolling (having many hills)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | dimbes-dombos | dimbes-dombosak |
| accusative | dimbes-dombosat | dimbes-dombosakat |
| dative | dimbes-dombosnak | dimbes-dombosaknak |
| instrumental | dimbes-dombossal | dimbes-dombosakkal |
| causal-final | dimbes-dombosért | dimbes-dombosakért |
| translative | dimbes-dombossá | dimbes-dombosakká |
| terminative | dimbes-dombosig | dimbes-dombosakig |
| essive-formal | dimbes-dombosként | dimbes-dombosakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | dimbes-dombosban | dimbes-dombosakban |
| superessive | dimbes-domboson | dimbes-dombosakon |
| adessive | dimbes-dombosnál | dimbes-dombosaknál |
| illative | dimbes-dombosba | dimbes-dombosakba |
| sublative | dimbes-dombosra | dimbes-dombosakra |
| allative | dimbes-domboshoz | dimbes-dombosakhoz |
| elative | dimbes-dombosból | dimbes-dombosakból |
| delative | dimbes-dombosról | dimbes-dombosakról |
| ablative | dimbes-dombostól | dimbes-dombosaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | dimbes-dombosé | dimbes-dombosaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | dimbes-domboséi | dimbes-dombosakéi |
Variant declension: Both parts are declined independently, always connected with a hyphen: dimbesek-dombosak.
Further reading
- dimbes-dombos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- dimbes-dombos in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)