betli
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bettel.[1] Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛtli]
- Hyphenation: bet‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Noun
betli (plural betlik)
- (card games) in the game of ulti, a type of bid in which the calling player must lose all tricks in order to win
- (chiefly sports) error, mistake; defeat, poor performance
- 2024 August 1, Attila Ághassi, quoting Áron Szilágyi, “Szilágyi Áron: Az egyéni betli, bukás, egyes, a csapatversenyre négyest adok”, in Telex[1]:
- Én ezt sokszor hangoztatom, hogy a vívóverseny ilyen. Egyszerűen picit indiszponált voltam, az ellenfelem pedig fantasztikusan vívott. Nem akarom magamat felmenteni, mert teljes betli volt. Ha azt kellene osztályoznom, az egyes. Bukás.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | betli | betlik |
| accusative | betlit | betliket |
| dative | betlinek | betliknek |
| instrumental | betlivel | betlikkel |
| causal-final | betliért | betlikért |
| translative | betlivé | betlikké |
| terminative | betliig | betlikig |
| essive-formal | betliként | betlikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | betliben | betlikben |
| superessive | betlin | betliken |
| adessive | betlinél | betliknél |
| illative | betlibe | betlikbe |
| sublative | betlire | betlikre |
| allative | betlihez | betlikhez |
| elative | betliből | betlikből |
| delative | betliről | betlikről |
| ablative | betlitől | betliktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
betlié | betliké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
betliéi | betlikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | betlim | betlijeim (or betliim) |
| 2nd person sing. | betlid | betlijeid (or betliid) |
| 3rd person sing. | betlije | betlijei (or betlii) |
| 1st person plural | betlink | betlijeink (or betliink) |
| 2nd person plural | betlitek | betlijeitek (or betliitek) |
| 3rd person plural | betlijük | betlijeik (or betliik) |
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- betli 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).