bóvli
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish בבֿלי (bovli, “Babylonian”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈboːvli]
- Hyphenation: bóv‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Noun
bóvli (plural bóvlik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bóvli | bóvlik |
| accusative | bóvlit | bóvlikat |
| dative | bóvlinak | bóvliknak |
| instrumental | bóvlival | bóvlikkal |
| causal-final | bóvliért | bóvlikért |
| translative | bóvlivá | bóvlikká |
| terminative | bóvliig | bóvlikig |
| essive-formal | bóvliként | bóvlikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bóvliban | bóvlikban |
| superessive | bóvlin | bóvlikon |
| adessive | bóvlinál | bóvliknál |
| illative | bóvliba | bóvlikba |
| sublative | bóvlira | bóvlikra |
| allative | bóvlihoz | bóvlikhoz |
| elative | bóvliból | bóvlikból |
| delative | bóvliról | bóvlikról |
| ablative | bóvlitól | bóvliktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
bóvlié | bóvliké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
bóvliéi | bóvlikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | bóvlim | bóvlijaim (or bóvliim) |
| 2nd person sing. | bóvlid | bóvlijaid (or bóvliid) |
| 3rd person sing. | bóvlija | bóvlijai (or bóvlii) |
| 1st person plural | bóvlink | bóvlijaink (or bóvliink) |
| 2nd person plural | bóvlitok | bóvlijaitok (or bóvliitok) |
| 3rd person plural | bóvlijuk | bóvlijaik (or bóvliik) |
Further reading
- bóvli 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.
- bóvli 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).