gomb
See also: gömb
Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps an onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡomb]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gomb
- Rhymes: -omb
Noun
gomb (plural gombok)
- button (a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or buttonhole, serving as a fastener)
- button, push-button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism)
- (computing) button (an on-screen control that can be selected)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gomb | gombok |
| accusative | gombot | gombokat |
| dative | gombnak | gomboknak |
| instrumental | gombbal | gombokkal |
| causal-final | gombért | gombokért |
| translative | gombbá | gombokká |
| terminative | gombig | gombokig |
| essive-formal | gombként | gombokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gombban | gombokban |
| superessive | gombon | gombokon |
| adessive | gombnál | gomboknál |
| illative | gombba | gombokba |
| sublative | gombra | gombokra |
| allative | gombhoz | gombokhoz |
| elative | gombból | gombokból |
| delative | gombról | gombokról |
| ablative | gombtól | gomboktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | gombé | gomboké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | gombéi | gombokéi |
| Possessive forms of gomb | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gombom | gombjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | gombod | gombjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | gombja | gombjai |
| 1st person plural | gombunk | gombjaink |
| 2nd person plural | gombotok | gombjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | gombjuk | gombjaik |
Derived terms
- gombnyi
- gombol
- gombos
Compound words
- gombelem
- gombfoci
- inggomb
- mandzsettagomb
- nyomógomb
Descendants
- Serbo-Croatian: gȕmb / гу̏мб
- Slovak: gombík
- Slovene: gúmb
References
- gomb in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- gomb 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