Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Austrian German Würstel, diminutive of German Wurst (sausage). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvirʃli]
  • Hyphenation: virs‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun edit

virsli (plural virslik)

  1. frankfurter, hot dog, Vienna sausage, wiener

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative virsli virslik
accusative virslit virsliket
dative virslinek virsliknek
instrumental virslivel virslikkel
causal-final virsliért virslikért
translative virslivé virslikké
terminative virsliig virslikig
essive-formal virsliként virslikként
essive-modal
inessive virsliben virslikben
superessive virslin virsliken
adessive virslinél virsliknél
illative virslibe virslikbe
sublative virslire virslikre
allative virslihez virslikhez
elative virsliből virslikből
delative virsliről virslikről
ablative virslitől virsliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
virslié virsliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
virsliéi virslikéi
Possessive forms of virsli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. virslim virslijeim
2nd person sing. virslid virslijeid
3rd person sing. virslije virslijei
1st person plural virslink virslijeink
2nd person plural virslitek virslijeitek
3rd person plural virslijük virslijeik

Further reading edit

  • virsli 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