bóvli
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
bóvli (plural bóvlik)
- (colloquial) junk, crap
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Possessive forms of bóvli | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bóvlim | bóvlijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | bóvlid | bóvlijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | bóvlija | bóvlijai |
| 1st person plural | bóvlink | bóvlijaink |
| 2nd person plural | bóvlitok | bóvlijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | bóvlijuk | bóvlijaik |
Further reading edit
- bóvli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bóvli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)