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)

  1. superstition
    Synonym: hiedelem
  2. (slightly derogatory) misconception, delusion
    Synonyms: tévhit, téves felfogás

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of babona
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

References
  1. 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 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
  • babona 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)

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babona.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbabɔna/

Noun

babona f (genitive singular babony, nominative plural babony, genitive plural babôn, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (obsolete) superstition
  2. (obsolete) magic

Declension
Declension of babona
singular plural
nominative babona babony
genitive babony babôn
dative babone babonám
accusative babonu babony
locative babone babonách
instrumental babonom babonami

Derived terms
  • babonstvo

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, 2024
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