alacsonyabbak
Alacsonyabbak is a Hungarian grammatical form referring to the plural of the comparative adjective alacsonyabb, meaning “shorter” or “lower.” It denotes multiple subjects that are shorter or lower in height or level relative to others. In usage, alacsonyabbak can function as a predicative adjective after a linking verb (for example, in sentences with volt, vannak) or as a substantive referring to a subset of a group described earlier, meaning roughly “the shorter ones.”
Morphology and formation: The base adjective alacsony means low or short. The comparative form is alacsonyabb.
Usage notes: Alacsonyabbak is common in both written and spoken Hungarian, especially in comparative contexts where
- A diákok alacsonyabbak voltak, mint a tanárok.
- Az alacsonyabbak közül többen a korábbinál fiatalabbak voltak.
- A csoportban az alacsonyabbak kerültek előre a sorban.
See also: alacsonyabb, alacsony, comparative adjectives in Hungarian, noun phrases formed from adjectives.