görbe

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language. Its original form was gurba, still present in girbegurba (“crooked, winding, twisted”). Compare Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡørbɛ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: gör‧be
  • Rhymes: -bɛ

Adjective

görbe (comparative görbébb, superlative leggörbébb)

  1. bent, curved (not straight, having one or more bends or angles)
    Antonym: egyenes
  2. (figuratively) dishonest, crooked
    görbe úton jár ― to be a crook, to have shady dealings (literally, “to walk on a crooked road”)
  3. (figuratively, humorous, slightly derogatory) of a day, evening or night spent with excessive drinking or revelry
    Tegnap csaptunk egy görbe estét. ― We went on the razzle last evening.
  4. (figuratively, of a look or glance) askance (with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion; with animosity)
    görbe szemmel néz rá ― to look at him/her askance

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative görbe görbék
accusative görbét görbéket
dative görbének görbéknek
instrumental görbével görbékkel
causal-final görbéért görbékért
translative görbévé görbékké
terminative görbéig görbékig
essive-formal görbeként görbékként
essive-modal — —
inessive görbében görbékben
superessive görbén görbéken
adessive görbénél görbéknél
illative görbébe görbékbe
sublative görbére görbékre
allative görbéhez görbékhez
elative görbéből görbékből
delative görbéről görbékről
ablative görbétől görbéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 görbéé görbéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 görbééi görbékéi

Derived terms
Expressions

Noun

görbe (plural görbék)

  1. (geometry) curve (a curved line)
  2. curve, graph, chart, diagram
    Synonym: grafikon

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative görbe görbék
accusative görbét görbéket
dative görbének görbéknek
instrumental görbével görbékkel
causal-final görbéért görbékért
translative görbévé görbékké
terminative görbéig görbékig
essive-formal görbeként görbékként
essive-modal — —
inessive görbében görbékben
superessive görbén görbéken
adessive görbénél görbéknél
illative görbébe görbékbe
sublative görbére görbékre
allative görbéhez görbékhez
elative görbéből görbékből
delative görbéről görbékről
ablative görbétől görbéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 görbéé görbéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 görbééi görbékéi
Possessive forms of görbe
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. görbém görbéim
2nd person sing. görbéd görbéid
3rd person sing. görbéje görbéi
1st person plural görbénk görbéink
2nd person plural görbétek görbéitek
3rd person plural görbéjük görbéik

Derived terms
Compound words

References
  1. görbe in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading
  • görbe 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
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