See also: četli

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1722.[1] Borrowed from German Zettel or (Austro-)Bavarian ze’dl, from Latin cedula. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛtli]
  • Hyphenation: cet‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun edit

cetli (plural cetlik)

  1. (colloquial) slip of paper, note, chit (a small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder)
    Synonyms: cédula, papírszelet, papírdarabka
    ragadós cetlipost-it note, sticky note
  2. (computing) note, sticky note

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative cetli cetlik
accusative cetlit cetliket
dative cetlinek cetliknek
instrumental cetlivel cetlikkel
causal-final cetliért cetlikért
translative cetlivé cetlikké
terminative cetliig cetlikig
essive-formal cetliként cetlikként
essive-modal
inessive cetliben cetlikben
superessive cetlin cetliken
adessive cetlinél cetliknél
illative cetlibe cetlikbe
sublative cetlire cetlikre
allative cetlihez cetlikhez
elative cetliből cetlikből
delative cetliről cetlikről
ablative cetlitől cetliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
cetlié cetliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cetliéi cetlikéi
Possessive forms of cetli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cetlim cetlijeim
2nd person sing. cetlid cetlijeid
3rd person sing. cetlije cetlijei
1st person plural cetlink cetlijeink
2nd person plural cetlitek cetlijeitek
3rd person plural cetlijük cetlijeik

References edit

  1. ^ cetli 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.)
  2. ^ cetli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • cetli 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
  • cetli 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)