galamb

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golǫbь. Compare Slovak holub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒlɒmb]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ga‧lamb
• Rhymes: -ɒmb

Noun

galamb (plural galambok)

1. dove, pigeon
2. (dialectal) lover, sweetheart (one who loves and cares for another person)

   Synonyms: szerelmes, szerető

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	galamb	galambok
accusative	galambot	galambokat
dative	galambnak	galamboknak
instrumental	galambbal	galambokkal
causal-final	galambért	galambokért
translative	galambbá	galambokká
terminative	galambig	galambokig
essive-formal	galambként	galambokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	galambban	galambokban
superessive	galambon	galambokon
adessive	galambnál	galamboknál
illative	galambba	galambokba
sublative	galambra	galambokra
allative	galambhoz	galambokhoz
elative	galambból	galambokból
delative	galambról	galambokról
ablative	galambtól	galamboktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	galambé	galamboké
non-attributive possessive - plural	galambéi	galambokéi

Possessive forms of galamb
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	galambom	galambjaim
2nd person sing.	galambod	galambjaid
3rd person sing.	galambja	galambjai
1st person plural	galambunk	galambjaink
2nd person plural	galambotok	galambjaitok
3rd person plural	galambjuk	galambjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• galambszürke
• postagalamb
• vándorgalamb

 

Expressions

• házi galamb
• kék galamb
• kontyos galamb
• örvös galamb
• szirti galamb

 

See also

• gerle → vadgerle

 

Further reading

• galamb 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