Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From German Kurbel (crank). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurbli]
  • Hyphenation: kurb‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun edit

kurbli (plural kurblik)

  1. (historical, dated) crank, starting handle

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kurbli kurblik
accusative kurblit kurblikat
dative kurblinak kurbliknak
instrumental kurblival kurblikkal
causal-final kurbliért kurblikért
translative kurblivá kurblikká
terminative kurbliig kurblikig
essive-formal kurbliként kurblikként
essive-modal
inessive kurbliban kurblikban
superessive kurblin kurblikon
adessive kurblinál kurbliknál
illative kurbliba kurblikba
sublative kurblira kurblikra
allative kurblihoz kurblikhoz
elative kurbliból kurblikból
delative kurbliról kurblikról
ablative kurblitól kurbliktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kurblié kurbliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kurbliéi kurblikéi
Possessive forms of kurbli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kurblim kurblijaim
2nd person sing. kurblid kurblijaid
3rd person sing. kurblija kurblijai
1st person plural kurblink kurblijaink
2nd person plural kurblitok kurblijaitok
3rd person plural kurblijuk kurblijaik

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kurbli 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