pracli

Hungarian

Etymology

From Bavarian [Term?], from German Pratze, Bratze (“paw, forepaw; large, coarse hand”), from Italian braccio (“arm”), from Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”), from Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brakhī́ōn, “arm”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɒt͡sli]
• Hyphenation: prac‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

pracli (plural praclik)

1. (informal) paw, forepaw (soft foot of an animal)

   Synonym: mancs

2. (informal, humorous) hand or palm (especially of a child)

   Synonyms: kéz (“hand”), tenyér (“palm”)

   Add a praclidat! ― Give me your hand!

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pracli	praclik
accusative	praclit	praclikat
dative	praclinak	pracliknak
instrumental	praclival	praclikkal
causal-final	pracliért	praclikért
translative	praclivá	praclikká
terminative	pracliig	praclikig
essive-formal	pracliként	praclikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pracliban	praclikban
superessive	praclin	praclikon
adessive	praclinál	pracliknál
illative	pracliba	praclikba
sublative	praclira	praclikra
allative	praclihoz	praclikhoz
elative	pracliból	praclikból
delative	pracliról	praclikról
ablative	praclitól	pracliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	praclié	pracliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pracliéi	praclikéi

Possessive forms of pracli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	praclim	praclijaim
2nd person sing.	praclid	praclijaid
3rd person sing.	praclija	praclijai
1st person plural	praclink	praclijaink
2nd person plural	praclitok	praclijaitok
3rd person plural	praclijuk	praclijaik

Derived terms

• praclis

 

Further reading

• pracli 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