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gomb

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See also: gömb

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Greek κόμβος (kómvos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡomb]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gomb
  • Rhymes: -omb

Noun

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gomb (plural gombok)

  1. button (a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or buttonhole, serving as a fastener)
  2. button, push-button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism)
  3. (graphical user interface) button (on-screen control)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gomb gombok
accusative gombot gombokat
dative gombnak gomboknak
instrumental gombbal gombokkal
causal-final gombért gombokért
translative gombbá gombokká
terminative gombig gombokig
essive-formal gombként gombokként
essive-modal
inessive gombban gombokban
superessive gombon gombokon
adessive gombnál gomboknál
illative gombba gombokba
sublative gombra gombokra
allative gombhoz gombokhoz
elative gombból gombokból
delative gombról gombokról
ablative gombtól gomboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gombé gomboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gombéi gombokéi
Possessive forms of gomb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gombom gombjaim
2nd person sing. gombod gombjaid
3rd person sing. gombja gombjai
1st person plural gombunk gombjaink
2nd person plural gombotok gombjaitok
3rd person plural gombjuk gombjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Descendants

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  • Serbo-Croatian: gȕmb / гу̏мб
  • Slovak: gombík
  • Slovene: gúmb

Further reading

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  • gomb 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
  • gomb 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).