rumli

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rummel (bustle, fuss). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster. First attested in 1897.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrumli]
  • Hyphenation: rum‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

rumli (plural rumlik)

  1. (informal) chaos, turmoil, rumpus
    Synonyms: botrány, káosz, zűrzavar
  2. (informal) mess, disorder
    Synonyms: felfordulás, kavarodás, rendetlenség

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rumli rumlik
accusative rumlit rumlikat
dative rumlinak rumliknak
instrumental rumlival rumlikkal
causal-final rumliért rumlikért
translative rumlivá rumlikká
terminative rumliig rumlikig
essive-formal rumliként rumlikként
essive-modal
inessive rumliban rumlikban
superessive rumlin rumlikon
adessive rumlinál rumliknál
illative rumliba rumlikba
sublative rumlira rumlikra
allative rumlihoz rumlikhoz
elative rumliból rumlikból
delative rumliról rumlikról
ablative rumlitól rumliktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
rumlié rumliké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
rumliéi rumlikéi
Possessive forms of rumli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rumlim rumlijaim (or rumliim)
2nd person sing. rumlid rumlijaid (or rumliid)
3rd person sing. rumlija rumlijai (or rumlii)
1st person plural rumlink rumlijaink (or rumliink)
2nd person plural rumlitok rumlijaitok (or rumliitok)
3rd person plural rumlijuk rumlijaik (or rumliik)

Derived terms

  • rumlis
  • rumlizik

References

  1. ^ rumli in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • rumli 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.
  • rumli 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).