-ebb

See also: ebb

Hungarian

Etymology

-e- (“linking vowel”) +‎ -bb (“comparative suffix”)

Suffix

-ebb

1. (comparative suffix) -er, more

   öreg (“old”) → öregebb (“older”)

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”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ebb	-ebbek
accusative	-ebbet	-ebbeket
dative	-ebbnek	-ebbeknek
instrumental	-ebbel	-ebbekkel
causal-final	-ebbért	-ebbekért
translative	-ebbé	-ebbekké
terminative	-ebbig	-ebbekig
essive-formal	-ebbként	-ebbekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-ebben	-ebbekben
superessive	-ebben	-ebbeken
adessive	-ebbnél	-ebbeknél
illative	-ebbe	-ebbekbe
sublative	-ebbre	-ebbekre
allative	-ebbhez	-ebbekhez
elative	-ebből	-ebbekből
delative	-ebbről	-ebbekről
ablative	-ebbtől	-ebbektől

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian adjective comparative forms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes