kifli
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian kifli, from German Kipfl.
Noun
kifli (plural kiflis)
- (uncommon) A Hungarian crescent-shaped bread roll.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kipfl, more specifically from Bavarian-Austrian. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkifli]
- Hyphenation: kif‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Noun
kifli (plural kiflik)
- A traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a crescent shape.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kifli | kiflik |
| accusative | kiflit | kifliket |
| dative | kiflinek | kifliknek |
| instrumental | kiflivel | kiflikkel |
| causal-final | kifliért | kiflikért |
| translative | kiflivé | kiflikké |
| terminative | kifliig | kiflikig |
| essive-formal | kifliként | kiflikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kifliben | kiflikben |
| superessive | kiflin | kifliken |
| adessive | kiflinél | kifliknél |
| illative | kiflibe | kiflikbe |
| sublative | kiflire | kiflikre |
| allative | kiflihez | kiflikhez |
| elative | kifliből | kiflikből |
| delative | kifliről | kiflikről |
| ablative | kiflitől | kifliktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kiflié | kifliké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kifliéi | kiflikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kiflim | kiflijeim (or kifliim) |
| 2nd person sing. | kiflid | kiflijeid (or kifliid) |
| 3rd person sing. | kiflije | kiflijei (or kiflii) |
| 1st person plural | kiflink | kiflijeink (or kifliink) |
| 2nd person plural | kiflitek | kiflijeitek (or kifliitek) |
| 3rd person plural | kiflijük | kiflijeik (or kifliik) |
References
- ^ kifli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ kifli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- kifli 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.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
kifli (Cyrillic spelling кифли)
- inflection of kifla:
- dative/locative singular
- genitive plural