darab

See also: dărab

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *drobъ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒrɒb]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧rab
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

darab (plural darabok)

  1. piece, chunk
  2. (music) piece
  3. (theater) synonym of színdarab, play, drama
  4. (mainly in the form darabig, with egy or ) some while
    Itt leszünk még egy darabig.We will be here for a while.
    Egy jó darabig senki sem szólalt meg.For a long while, no one said a word.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative darab darabok
accusative darabot darabokat
dative darabnak daraboknak
instrumental darabbal darabokkal
causal-final darabért darabokért
translative darabbá darabokká
terminative darabig darabokig
essive-formal darabként darabokként
essive-modal
inessive darabban darabokban
superessive darabon darabokon
adessive darabnál daraboknál
illative darabba darabokba
sublative darabra darabokra
allative darabhoz darabokhoz
elative darabból darabokból
delative darabról darabokról
ablative darabtól daraboktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
darabé daraboké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
darabéi darabokéi
Possessive forms of darab
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. darabom darabjaim
2nd person sing. darabod darabjaid
3rd person sing. darabja darabjai
1st person plural darabunk darabjaink
2nd person plural darabotok darabjaitok
3rd person plural darabjuk darabjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ darab in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • darab 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.
  • darab 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).

Maltese

Root
d-r-b
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, to beat, hit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.rap/

Verb

darab (imperfect jidrob, past participle midrub)

  1. to injure, wound
    Synonyms: fera, ġeraħ, weġġa’

Conjugation

Conjugation of darab (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m drabt drabt darab drabna drabtu darbu
f darbet
imperfect m nidrob tidrob jidrob nidorbu tidorbu jidorbu
f tidrob
imperative idrob idorbu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m drabtx drabtx darabx drabniex drabtux darbux
f darbitx
imperfect m nidrobx tidrobx jidrobx nidorbux tidorbux jidorbux
f tidrobx
imperative tidrobx tidorbux