mumus
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mumus
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the former onomatopoeic mumu + -s (diminutive suffix). The mumu imitates a threatening growling sound meant to inspire fear in children in child-directed speech.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mumus (plural mumusok)
- bugbear, bogeyman, bugaboo (an imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children)
- (by extension) hobgoblin (a person or object that appears frightful or formidable)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mumus | mumusok |
| accusative | mumust | mumusokat |
| dative | mumusnak | mumusoknak |
| instrumental | mumussal | mumusokkal |
| causal-final | mumusért | mumusokért |
| translative | mumussá | mumusokká |
| terminative | mumusig | mumusokig |
| essive-formal | mumusként | mumusokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mumusban | mumusokban |
| superessive | mumuson | mumusokon |
| adessive | mumusnál | mumusoknál |
| illative | mumusba | mumusokba |
| sublative | mumusra | mumusokra |
| allative | mumushoz | mumusokhoz |
| elative | mumusból | mumusokból |
| delative | mumusról | mumusokról |
| ablative | mumustól | mumusoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mumusé | mumusoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mumuséi | mumusokéi |
| Possessive forms of mumus | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mumusom | mumusaim |
| 2nd person sing. | mumusod | mumusaid |
| 3rd person sing. | mumusa | mumusai |
| 1st person plural | mumusunk | mumusaink |
| 2nd person plural | mumusotok | mumusaitok |
| 3rd person plural | mumusuk | mumusaik |
References[edit]
- ^ mumus 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[edit]
- mumus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN