hobbit
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Coined in its current sense by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, featured in the novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Jocularly etymologized by him as from a hypothetical Old English *holbytla (literally “hole-builder”). Tolkien was possibly influenced by similar terms for house-sprites (probably from Hob, a hypocoristic form of Robert), or an isolated mention of hobbits (with hobgoblins following immediately afterwards) in a list of sprites and bogies from the 19th-century Denham Tracts.
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Noun[edit]
hobbit (plural hobbits or (humorous) hobbitses)
- A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.]
- Synonym: halfling
- An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores. [from 21st c.]
- 2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio:
- Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities.
- 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 215:
- And in the island regions of southeast Asia, where the descendants of erectus, and the Hobbit, and any similar relict populations lived, climate changes would have greatly disrupted connections between regions and populations, as sea levels rose and fell by 100 metres or more.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 270:
- The hobbit became extinct 50,000 years ago, about the time the first humans arrived on Flores, but the Pacific rat lived on.
- 2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio:
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Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from hoppet, hobbet (“basket”).
Noun[edit]
hobbit (plural hobbits)
- A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds.
- (archaic) An old unit of volume (2 1⁄2 bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
hobbit
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
hobbit (plural hobbitok)
- hobbit (a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)
- Synonym: (the name of this creature in a different translation) babó
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hobbit | hobbitok |
accusative | hobbitot | hobbitokat |
dative | hobbitnak | hobbitoknak |
instrumental | hobbittal | hobbitokkal |
causal-final | hobbitért | hobbitokért |
translative | hobbittá | hobbitokká |
terminative | hobbitig | hobbitokig |
essive-formal | hobbitként | hobbitokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | hobbitban | hobbitokban |
superessive | hobbiton | hobbitokon |
adessive | hobbitnál | hobbitoknál |
illative | hobbitba | hobbitokba |
sublative | hobbitra | hobbitokra |
allative | hobbithoz | hobbitokhoz |
elative | hobbitból | hobbitokból |
delative | hobbitról | hobbitokról |
ablative | hobbittól | hobbitoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
hobbité | hobbitoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
hobbitéi | hobbitokéi |
Possessive forms of hobbit | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | hobbitom | hobbitjaim |
2nd person sing. | hobbitod | hobbitjaid |
3rd person sing. | hobbitja | hobbitjai |
1st person plural | hobbitunk | hobbitjaink |
2nd person plural | hobbitotok | hobbitjaitok |
3rd person plural | hobbitjuk | hobbitjaik |
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Noun[edit]
hobbit m
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by J.R.R. Tolkien
Noun[edit]
hobbit m (definite singular hobbiten, indefinite plural hobbiter, definite plural hobbitene)
- a hobbit
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by J.R.R. Tolkien
Noun[edit]
hobbit m (definite singular hobbiten, indefinite plural hobbitar, definite plural hobbitane)
- a hobbit
Polish[edit]
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hobbit m animal or m pers (female equivalent hobbitka)
- hobbit (fictional small humanoid creature)
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or
Further reading[edit]
- hobbit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
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Noun[edit]
hobbit m or f by sense (plural hobbits)
- hobbit (fictional small humanoid creature)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hobbit m (plural hobbits)
References[edit]
- hobbit on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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