jobbágy

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From jobb (“better”, comparative degree of jó) +‎ -gy (diminutive suffix). Its original meaning was "a person belonging to the most distinguished members of a social class". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjobːaːɟ] Hyphenation: job‧bágy Rhymes: -aːɟ === Noun === jobbágy (plural jobbágyok) (historical) serf, villein ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Medieval Latin: iobāgiō → Romanian: iobag === References === === Further reading === jobbágy in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.