csáb
Hungarian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːb]
- Rhymes: -aːb
- Hyphenation: csáb
Noun
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
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 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 |
| Possessive forms of csáb | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 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 |
Further reading
- csáb in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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
Anagrams
- Bács
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