görbe

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language. Its original form was gurba, still present in girbegurba (“crooked, winding, twisted”). Compare Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡørbɛ]

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• Hyphenation: gör‧be
• Rhymes: -bɛ

Adjective

görbe (comparative görbébb, superlative leggörbébb)

1. bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)

   Antonym: egyenes

2. (figuratively) dishonest, crooked

   görbe úton jár ― to be a crook, to have shady dealings (literally, “to walk on a crooked road”)

3. (figuratively, humorous, slightly derogatory) of a day, evening or night spent with excessive drinking or revelry

   Tegnap csaptunk egy görbe estét. ― We went on the razzle last evening.

4. (figuratively, of a look or glance) askance (with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion; with animosity)

   görbe szemmel néz rá ― to look at him/her askance

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	görbe	görbék
accusative	görbét	görbéket
dative	görbének	görbéknek
instrumental	görbével	görbékkel
causal-final	görbéért	görbékért
translative	görbévé	görbékké
terminative	görbéig	görbékig
essive-formal	görbeként	görbékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	görbében	görbékben
superessive	görbén	görbéken
adessive	görbénél	görbéknél
illative	görbébe	görbékbe
sublative	görbére	görbékre
allative	görbéhez	görbékhez
elative	görbéből	görbékből
delative	görbéről	görbékről
ablative	görbétől	görbéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	görbéé	görbéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	görbééi	görbékéi

Derived terms

• görbeség
• görbít
• görbül

Expressions

• csap egy görbe estét

Noun

görbe (plural görbék)

1. (geometry) curve (a curved line)
2. curve, graph, chart, diagram

   Synonym: grafikon

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	görbe	görbék
accusative	görbét	görbéket
dative	görbének	görbéknek
instrumental	görbével	görbékkel
causal-final	görbéért	görbékért
translative	görbévé	görbékké
terminative	görbéig	görbékig
essive-formal	görbeként	görbékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	görbében	görbékben
superessive	görbén	görbéken
adessive	görbénél	görbéknél
illative	görbébe	görbékbe
sublative	görbére	görbékre
allative	görbéhez	görbékhez
elative	görbéből	görbékből
delative	görbéről	görbékről
ablative	görbétől	görbéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	görbéé	görbéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	görbééi	görbékéi

Possessive forms of görbe

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	görbém	görbéim
2nd person sing.	görbéd	görbéid
3rd person sing.	görbéje	görbéi
1st person plural	görbénk	görbéink
2nd person plural	görbétek	görbéitek
3rd person plural	görbéjük	görbéik

Derived terms

Compound words

• járványgörbe
• lázgörbe
• szinuszgörbe

Further reading

• görbe in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.