betli

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bettel. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtli]
• Hyphenation: bet‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

betli (plural betlik)

1. (card games) in the game of ulti, a type of bid in which the calling player must lose all tricks in order to win
2. (chiefly sports) error, mistake; defeat, poor performance
   • 2024 August 1, Attila Ághassi, quoting Áron Szilágyi, “Szilágyi Áron: Az egyéni betli, bukás, egyes, a csapatversenyre négyest adok”, in Telex‎^[1]:

     Én ezt sokszor hangoztatom, hogy a vívóverseny ilyen. Egyszerűen picit indiszponált voltam, az ellenfelem pedig fantasztikusan vívott. Nem akarom magamat felmenteni, mert teljes betli volt. Ha azt kellene osztályoznom, az egyes. Bukás.

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Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	betli	betlik
accusative	betlit	betliket
dative	betlinek	betliknek
instrumental	betlivel	betlikkel
causal-final	betliért	betlikért
translative	betlivé	betlikké
terminative	betliig	betlikig
essive-formal	betliként	betlikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	betliben	betlikben
superessive	betlin	betliken
adessive	betlinél	betliknél
illative	betlibe	betlikbe
sublative	betlire	betlikre
allative	betlihez	betlikhez
elative	betliből	betlikből
delative	betliről	betlikről
ablative	betlitől	betliktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	betlié	betliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	betliéi	betlikéi

Possessive forms of betli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	betlim	betlijeim (or betliim)
2nd person sing.	betlid	betlijeid (or betliid)
3rd person sing.	betlije	betlijei (or betlii)
1st person plural	betlink	betlijeink (or betliink)
2nd person plural	betlitek	betlijeitek (or betliitek)
3rd person plural	betlijük	betlijeik (or betliik)

Further reading

• betli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).