dobaj
See also: Dobaj
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as dobog (“to stomp”) + -aj (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdobɒj]
- Hyphenation: do‧baj
Noun
dobaj (plural dobajok)
- (rare, literary) stamping, thumping (the dull sound of stamping the foot, paw or hoof)
- Synonym: dobogás
- 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard:
- Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.
- Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.
- (literally, “his step walking on it did not cause a thump”)
- Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.
- Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | dobaj | dobajok |
| accusative | dobajt | dobajokat |
| dative | dobajnak | dobajoknak |
| instrumental | dobajjal | dobajokkal |
| causal-final | dobajért | dobajokért |
| translative | dobajjá | dobajokká |
| terminative | dobajig | dobajokig |
| essive-formal | dobajként | dobajokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | dobajban | dobajokban |
| superessive | dobajon | dobajokon |
| adessive | dobajnál | dobajoknál |
| illative | dobajba | dobajokba |
| sublative | dobajra | dobajokra |
| allative | dobajhoz | dobajokhoz |
| elative | dobajból | dobajokból |
| delative | dobajról | dobajokról |
| ablative | dobajtól | dobajoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | dobajé | dobajoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | dobajéi | dobajokéi |
| Possessive forms of dobaj | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | dobajom | dobajaim |
| 2nd person sing. | dobajod | dobajaid |
| 3rd person sing. | dobaja | dobajai |
| 1st person plural | dobajunk | dobajaink |
| 2nd person plural | dobajotok | dobajaitok |
| 3rd person plural | dobajuk | dobajaik |
Further reading
- dobaj 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
- dobaj 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)