sámli

Hungarian

sámli

Etymology

Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃaːmli]
• Hyphenation: sám‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

sámli (plural sámlik)

1. stool, cricket (a low wooden stool)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sámli	sámlik
accusative	sámlit	sámlikat
dative	sámlinak	sámliknak
instrumental	sámlival	sámlikkal
causal-final	sámliért	sámlikért
translative	sámlivá	sámlikká
terminative	sámliig	sámlikig
essive-formal	sámliként	sámlikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sámliban	sámlikban
superessive	sámlin	sámlikon
adessive	sámlinál	sámliknál
illative	sámliba	sámlikba
sublative	sámlira	sámlikra
allative	sámlihoz	sámlikhoz
elative	sámliból	sámlikból
delative	sámliról	sámlikról
ablative	sámlitól	sámliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	sámlié	sámliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sámliéi	sámlikéi

Possessive forms of sámli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sámlim	sámlijaim (or sámliim)
2nd person sing.	sámlid	sámlijaid (or sámliid)
3rd person sing.	sámlija	sámlijai (or sámlii)
1st person plural	sámlink	sámlijaink (or sámliink)
2nd person plural	sámlitok	sámlijaitok (or sámliitok)
3rd person plural	sámlijuk	sámlijaik (or sámliik)

Further reading

• sámli 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