babona
Hungarian
Etymology
From Slovak or Ukrainian. Compare Slovak babona, bobona, Ukrainian dialectal бабона (babona, “superstition”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɒbonɒ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧bo‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Noun
babona (plural babonák)
- superstition
- Synonym: hiedelem
- (slightly derogatory) misconception, delusion
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | babona | babonák |
| accusative | babonát | babonákat |
| dative | babonának | babonáknak |
| instrumental | babonával | babonákkal |
| causal-final | babonáért | babonákért |
| translative | babonává | babonákká |
| terminative | babonáig | babonákig |
| essive-formal | babonaként | babonákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | babonában | babonákban |
| superessive | babonán | babonákon |
| adessive | babonánál | babonáknál |
| illative | babonába | babonákba |
| sublative | babonára | babonákra |
| allative | babonához | babonákhoz |
| elative | babonából | babonákból |
| delative | babonáról | babonákról |
| ablative | babonától | babonáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
babonáé | babonáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
babonáéi | babonákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | babonám | babonáim |
| 2nd person sing. | babonád | babonáid |
| 3rd person sing. | babonája | babonái |
| 1st person plural | babonánk | babonáink |
| 2nd person plural | babonátok | babonáitok |
| 3rd person plural | babonájuk | babonáik |
Derived terms
- babonaság
- babonás
- babonáz
References
- ^ babona in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- babona in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- babona 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).
Portuguese
Noun
babona f (plural babonas)
- female equivalent of babão
Adjective
babona
- feminine singular of babão
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babona. First attested in the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbabɔna]
Noun
babona f
- (dated) superstition
- (dated) magic
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | babona | babony |
| genitive | babony | babôn |
| dative | babone | babonám |
| accusative | babonu | babony |
| locative | babone | babonách |
| instrumental | babonou | babonami |
Derived terms
- babonstvo
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “babona”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 57
Further reading
- “babona”, 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