bicikli
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From biciklo (“bicycle”) + -i.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bicikli (present biciklas, past biciklis, future biciklos, conditional biciklus, volitive biciklu)
- (intransitive) to cycle (on a bicycle)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bicikli
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From German dialectal bizykel, from English bicycle, coined from bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”), on the pattern of tricycle. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bicikli (plural biciklik)
Usage notes edit
- The /k/ is often pronounced [ɡ], this is the source of the common misspelling *bicigli.
- See also usage notes at pingpong.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bicikli | biciklik |
| accusative | biciklit | bicikliket |
| dative | biciklinek | bicikliknek |
| instrumental | biciklivel | biciklikkel |
| causal-final | bicikliért | biciklikért |
| translative | biciklivé | biciklikké |
| terminative | bicikliig | biciklikig |
| essive-formal | bicikliként | biciklikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bicikliben | biciklikben |
| superessive | biciklin | bicikliken |
| adessive | biciklinél | bicikliknél |
| illative | biciklibe | biciklikbe |
| sublative | biciklire | biciklikre |
| allative | biciklihez | biciklikhez |
| elative | bicikliből | biciklikből |
| delative | bicikliről | biciklikről |
| ablative | biciklitől | bicikliktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
biciklié | bicikliké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
bicikliéi | biciklikéi |
| Possessive forms of bicikli | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | biciklim | biciklijeim |
| 2nd person sing. | biciklid | biciklijeid |
| 3rd person sing. | biciklije | biciklijei |
| 1st person plural | biciklink | biciklijeink |
| 2nd person plural | biciklitek | biciklijeitek |
| 3rd person plural | biciklijük | biciklijeik |
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Further reading edit
- bicikli 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
- bicikli 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)
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bicikli