-bb

See also: bb, BB, .bb, B&B, B & B, Bb., and B♭

Hungarian

Etymology

Of Proto-Finno-Ugric origin. Cognates include Finnish -mpi.[1]

Suffix

-bb

  1. (comparative suffix) -er, more
    apró (“tiny”) → apróbb (“tinier”)

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 comparative adjectives

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, page 73, →ISBN
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