-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”)

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian adjective comparative forms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes