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bébi

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːbi]
  • Hyphenation: bé‧bi
  • Rhymes: -bi

Etymology 1

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From English baby.

Noun

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bébi (plural bébik)

  1. (informal) baby (a very young human being)
    Synonyms: baba, kisbaba, csecsemő
  2. (colloquial, endearing) baby (a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse)
Declension
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bébi bébik
accusative bébit bébiket
dative bébinek bébiknek
instrumental bébivel bébikkel
causal-final bébiért bébikért
translative bébivé bébikké
terminative bébiig bébikig
essive-formal bébiként bébikként
essive-modal
inessive bébiben bébikben
superessive bébin bébiken
adessive bébinél bébiknél
illative bébibe bébikbe
sublative bébire bébikre
allative bébihez bébikhez
elative bébiből bébikből
delative bébiről bébikről
ablative bébitől bébiktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
bébié bébiké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
bébiéi bébikéi
Possessive forms of bébi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bébim bébijeim(or bébiim)
2nd person sing. bébid bébijeid(or bébiid)
3rd person sing. bébije bébijei(or bébii)
1st person plural bébink bébijeink(or bébiink)
2nd person plural bébitek bébijeitek(or bébiitek)
3rd person plural bébijük bébijeik(or bébiik)
Derived terms
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(Compound words):

Etymology 2

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Béb +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

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bébi (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or relating to Béb.
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Noun

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bébi (plural bébiek)

  1. A person from Béb.
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Further reading

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  • bébi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bébi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).