Szabó

See also: szabó

Hungarian

Etymology

From szabó (“tailor”), originally the present participle of szab (“to tailor, cut (clothes)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɒboː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Sza‧bó
• Rhymes: -boː

Proper noun

Szabó

1. a surname originating as an occupation for a tailor; one of the most common surnames in Hungary.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Szabó	Szabók
accusative	Szabót	Szabókat
dative	Szabónak	Szabóknak
instrumental	Szabóval	Szabókkal
causal-final	Szabóért	Szabókért
translative	Szabóvá	Szabókká
terminative	Szabóig	Szabókig
essive-formal	Szabóként	Szabókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Szabóban	Szabókban
superessive	Szabón	Szabókon
adessive	Szabónál	Szabóknál
illative	Szabóba	Szabókba
sublative	Szabóra	Szabókra
allative	Szabóhoz	Szabókhoz
elative	Szabóból	Szabókból
delative	Szabóról	Szabókról
ablative	Szabótól	Szabóktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Szabóé	Szabóké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Szabóéi	Szabókéi

Possessive forms of Szabó

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Szabóm	Szabóim
2nd person sing.	Szabód	Szabóid
3rd person sing.	Szabója	Szabói
1st person plural	Szabónk	Szabóink
2nd person plural	Szabótok	Szabóitok
3rd person plural	Szabójuk	Szabóik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian surnames

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaboː]

Proper noun

Szabó m pers (female equivalent Szabóová)

1. a male surname from Hungarian

Declension

Declension of Szabó (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Szabó	Szabóovia	Szabóovci
genitive	Szabóa	Szabóov	Szabóovcov
dative	Szabóovi	Szabóom	Szabóovcom
accusative	Szabóa	Szabóov	Szabóovcov
locative	Szabóovi	Szabóoch	Szabóovcoch
instrumental	Szabóom	Szabómi	Szabóovcami

Further reading

• “Szabó”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025