csáb
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back formation from the verbs csábít (“to tempt”) and csábul (“to fall into temptation”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]csáb (usually uncountable, plural csábok)
- lure, allurement, enticement (the act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting)
- Synonym: csábítás
- enticement (that which entices, such as attractiveness, appeal, charisma, flattery)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | csáb | csábok |
accusative | csábot | csábokat |
dative | csábnak | csáboknak |
instrumental | csábbal | csábokkal |
causal-final | csábért | csábokért |
translative | csábbá | csábokká |
terminative | csábig | csábokig |
essive-formal | csábként | csábokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | csábban | csábokban |
superessive | csábon | csábokon |
adessive | csábnál | csáboknál |
illative | csábba | csábokba |
sublative | csábra | csábokra |
allative | csábhoz | csábokhoz |
elative | csábból | csábokból |
delative | csábról | csábokról |
ablative | csábtól | csáboktól |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
csábé | csáboké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
csábéi | csábokéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | csábom | csábjaim |
2nd person sing. | csábod | csábjaid |
3rd person sing. | csábja | csábjai |
1st person plural | csábunk | csábjaink |
2nd person plural | csábotok | csábjaitok |
3rd person plural | csábjuk | csábjaik |
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- csáb 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).
- csáb 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