leg- -bb

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  leg- -b is added to words ending in a consonant, a somewhat archaic variant

  idős (“old”) → legidősb (“oldest”) (the modern comparative is legidősebb)

  leg- -bb is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  drága (“expensive”) → legdrágább (“most expensive”)

  fekete (“black”) → legfeketébb (“blackest”)

  leg- -abb is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  fiatal (“young”) → legfiatalabb (“youngest”)

  leg- -obb is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  nagy (“large”) → legnagyobb (“largest”)

  leg- -ebb is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  öreg (“old”) → legöregebb (“oldest”)