bíró

See also: biro, birô, birō, and -biro

Hungarian

Etymology

bír +‎ -ó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːroː]

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• Hyphenation: bí‧ró
• Rhymes: -roː

Participle

bíró

1. present participle of bír: having, possessing, owning

Noun

bíró (plural bírók or bírák)

1. judge (public judicial official)
2. (sports) referee, umpire (official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	b�r�	b�r�k
accusative	b�r�t	b�r�kat
dative	b�r�nak	b�r�knak
instrumental	b�r�val	b�r�kkal
causal-final	b�r��rt	b�r�k�rt
translative	b�r�v�	b�r�kk�
terminative	b�r�ig	b�r�kig
essive-formal	b�r�k�nt	b�r�kk�nt
essive-modal	b�r�ul	—
inessive	b�r�ban	b�r�kban
superessive	b�r�n	b�r�kon
adessive	b�r�n�l	b�r�kn�l
illative	b�r�ba	b�r�kba
sublative	b�r�ra	b�r�kra
allative	b�r�hoz	b�r�khoz
elative	b�r�b�l	b�r�kb�l
delative	b�r�r�l	b�r�kr�l
ablative	b�r�t�l	b�r�kt�l
non-attributive possessive - singular	b�r��	b�r�k�
non-attributive possessive - plural	b�r��i	b�r�k�i

Possessive forms of b�r�
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	b�r�m	b�r�im
2nd person sing.	b�r�d	b�r�id
3rd person sing.	b�r�ja	b�r�i
1st person plural	b�r�nk	b�r�ink
2nd person plural	b�r�tok	b�r�itok
3rd person plural	b�r�juk	b�r�ik

or (literary)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	b�r�	b�r�k
accusative	b�r�t	b�r�kat
dative	b�r�nak	b�r�knak
instrumental	b�r�val	b�r�kkal
causal-final	b�r��rt	b�r�k�rt
translative	b�r�v�	b�r�kk�
terminative	b�r�ig	b�r�kig
essive-formal	b�r�k�nt	b�r�kk�nt
essive-modal	b�r�ul	—
inessive	b�r�ban	b�r�kban
superessive	b�r�n	b�r�kon
adessive	b�r�n�l	b�r�kn�l
illative	b�r�ba	b�r�kba
sublative	b�r�ra	b�r�kra
allative	b�r�hoz	b�r�khoz
elative	b�r�b�l	b�r�kb�l
delative	b�r�r�l	b�r�kr�l
ablative	b�r�t�l	b�r�kt�l
non-attributive possessive - singular	b�r��	b�r�k�
non-attributive possessive - plural	b�r��i	b�r�k�i

Possessive forms of b�r�
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	b�r�m	b�r�im
2nd person sing.	b�r�d	b�r�id
3rd person sing.	b�r�ja	b�r�i
1st person plural	b�r�nk	b�r�ink
2nd person plural	b�r�tok	b�r�itok
3rd person plural	b�r�juk	b�r�ik

Derived terms

• bírói
• bíróság

 

Compound words

• bírónő

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: birău

Further reading

• bíró 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
• bíró 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).