veréb

See also: véreb

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language or perhaps from Russian. Compare Russian воробей (vorobej), Proto-Slavic *vorbь.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛreːb]
  • Hyphenation: ve‧réb

Noun

veréb (plural verebek)

  1. sparrow

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative veréb verebek
accusative verebet verebeket
dative verébnek verebeknek
instrumental verébbel verebekkel
causal-final verébért verebekért
translative verébbé verebekké
terminative verébig verebekig
essive-formal verébként verebekként
essive-modal
inessive verébben verebekben
superessive verében verebeken
adessive verébnél verebeknél
illative verébbe verebekbe
sublative verébre verebekre
allative verébhez verebekhez
elative verébből verebekből
delative verébről verebekről
ablative verébtől verebektől
Possessive forms of veréb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. verebem verebeim
2nd person sing. verebed verebeid
3rd person sing. verebe verebei
1st person plural verebünk verebeink
2nd person plural verebetek verebeitek
3rd person plural verebük verebeik

Derived terms

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, →ISBN
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