spicli
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Spitzel.[1] Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspicli (plural spiclik)
- informant, informer (one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police)
- Synonym: besúgó
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | spicli | spiclik |
accusative | spiclit | spicliket |
dative | spiclinek | spicliknek |
instrumental | spiclivel | spiclikkel |
causal-final | spicliért | spiclikért |
translative | spiclivé | spiclikké |
terminative | spicliig | spiclikig |
essive-formal | spicliként | spiclikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | spicliben | spiclikben |
superessive | spiclin | spicliken |
adessive | spiclinél | spicliknél |
illative | spiclibe | spiclikbe |
sublative | spiclire | spiclikre |
allative | spiclihez | spiclikhez |
elative | spicliből | spiclikből |
delative | spicliről | spiclikről |
ablative | spiclitől | spicliktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
spiclié | spicliké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
spicliéi | spiclikéi |
Possessive forms of spicli | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | spiclim | spiclijeim (or spicliim) |
2nd person sing. | spiclid | spiclijeid (or spicliid) |
3rd person sing. | spiclije | spiclijei (or spiclii) |
1st person plural | spiclink | spiclijeink (or spicliink) |
2nd person plural | spiclitek | spiclijeitek (or spicliitek) |
3rd person plural | spiclijük | spiclijeik (or spicliik) |
References
edit- ^ spicli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
edit- spicli 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