kifli
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hungarian kifli, from German Kipfl.
Noun
[edit]kifli (plural kiflis)
- (uncommon) A Hungarian crescent-shaped bread roll.
Hungarian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Kipfl, more specifically from Bavarian-Austrian. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kifli (plural kiflik)
- A traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a crescent shape.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kifli | kiflik |
| accusative | kiflit | kifliket |
| dative | kiflinek | kifliknek |
| instrumental | kiflivel | kiflikkel |
| causal-final | kifliért | kiflikért |
| translative | kiflivé | kiflikké |
| terminative | kifliig | kiflikig |
| essive-formal | kifliként | kiflikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kifliben | kiflikben |
| superessive | kiflin | kifliken |
| adessive | kiflinél | kifliknél |
| illative | kiflibe | kiflikbe |
| sublative | kiflire | kiflikre |
| allative | kiflihez | kiflikhez |
| elative | kifliből | kiflikből |
| delative | kifliről | kiflikről |
| ablative | kiflitől | kifliktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kiflié | kifliké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kifliéi | kiflikéi |
| Possessive forms of kifli | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kiflim | kiflijeim (or kifliim) |
| 2nd person sing. | kiflid | kiflijeid (or kifliid) |
| 3rd person sing. | kiflije | kiflijei (or kiflii) |
| 1st person plural | kiflink | kiflijeink (or kifliink) |
| 2nd person plural | kiflitek | kiflijeitek (or kifliitek) |
| 3rd person plural | kiflijük | kiflijeik (or kifliik) |
References
[edit]- ^ kifli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
- ^ kifli 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]- kifli 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
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]kifli (Cyrillic spelling кифли)
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- Hungarian nouns suffixed with -i (word-final consonant cluster resolution)
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/li
- Rhymes:Hungarian/li/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Breads
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
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