Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1896. Borrowed from German Wurstelprater. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvurʃtli]
  • Hyphenation: vurst‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun edit

vurstli (plural vurstlik)

  1. (colloquial) fairground, amusement park, carnival (a row of show booths, businesses, and places of entertainment)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vurstli vurstlik
accusative vurstlit vurstlikat
dative vurstlinak vurstliknak
instrumental vurstlival vurstlikkal
causal-final vurstliért vurstlikért
translative vurstlivá vurstlikká
terminative vurstliig vurstlikig
essive-formal vurstliként vurstlikként
essive-modal
inessive vurstliban vurstlikban
superessive vurstlin vurstlikon
adessive vurstlinál vurstliknál
illative vurstliba vurstlikba
sublative vurstlira vurstlikra
allative vurstlihoz vurstlikhoz
elative vurstliból vurstlikból
delative vurstliról vurstlikról
ablative vurstlitól vurstliktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vurstlié vurstliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vurstliéi vurstlikéi
Possessive forms of vurstli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vurstlim vurstlijaim
2nd person sing. vurstlid vurstlijaid
3rd person sing. vurstlija vurstlijai
1st person plural vurstlink vurstlijaink
2nd person plural vurstlitok vurstlijaitok
3rd person plural vurstlijuk vurstlijaik

References edit

  1. ^ vurstli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • vurstli 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