-b

-b

1. (comparative suffix, somewhat archaic) -er, more

   idős (“old”) → idősb (“older”)

• (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”)

• Category:Hungarian comparative adjectives

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

From Proto-Finnic *-pi.

-b

1. Suffix of the third-person singular.

From Proto-Finnic *-pa.

-b

1. (no longer productive) -ing; forms a secondary present active participle of a few verbs.

• -dab