profi

See also: Profi

Hungarian

Etymology

Of controversial origin:

1. From German Profi (“professional”).
2. Shortening of professzionalista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprofi]
• Hyphenation: pro‧fi
• Rhymes: -fi

Adjective

profi (comparative profibb, superlative legprofibb)

1. professional

   Synonyms: professzionális, hivatásos, szakszerű, szakmai, szakmabeli, szak-

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	profi	profik
accusative	profit	profikat
dative	profinak	profiknak
instrumental	profival	profikkal
causal-final	profiért	profikért
translative	profivá	profikká
terminative	profiig	profikig
essive-formal	profiként	profikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	profiban	profikban
superessive	profin	profikon
adessive	profinál	profiknál
illative	profiba	profikba
sublative	profira	profikra
allative	profihoz	profikhoz
elative	profiból	profikból
delative	profiról	profikról
ablative	profitól	profiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	profié	profiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	profiéi	profikéi

Noun

profi (plural profik)

1. professional

   Synonyms: szakember, szakértő

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	profi	profik
accusative	profit	profikat
dative	profinak	profiknak
instrumental	profival	profikkal
causal-final	profiért	profikért
translative	profivá	profikká
terminative	profiig	profikig
essive-formal	profiként	profikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	profiban	profikban
superessive	profin	profikon
adessive	profinál	profiknál
illative	profiba	profikba
sublative	profira	profikra
allative	profihoz	profikhoz
elative	profiból	profikból
delative	profiról	profikról
ablative	profitól	profiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	profié	profiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	profiéi	profikéi

Possessive forms of profi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	profim	profijaim (or profiim)
2nd person sing.	profid	profijaid (or profiid)
3rd person sing.	profija	profijai (or profii)
1st person plural	profink	profijaink (or profiink)
2nd person plural	profitok	profijaitok (or profiitok)
3rd person plural	profijuk	profijaik (or profiik)

Further reading

• profi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Romanian

Etymology 1

Form of prof.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /profʲ/
• Rhymes: -ofʲ
• Hyphenation: profi

Noun

profi m pl

1. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural of prof

Etymology 2

Clipping of profesionist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpro.fi/
• Hyphenation: pro‧fi

Adjective

profi m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (informal) professional

Declension

Declension of profi (invariable)

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	profi		profi		profi	profi
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	profi		profi		profi	profi
	definite	—		—		—	—

Adverb

profi

1. (informal) professionally

Welsh

Etymology

• From Latin probō (“to test”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈprɔvi/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈproːvi/, /ˈprɔvi/

Verb

profi (first-person singular present profaf)

1. to prove
2. to try, sample

   Synonym: trio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	profaf	profi	prawf, profa	profwn	profwch	profant	profir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	profwn	profit	profai	profem	profech	profent	profid
preterite	profais	profaist	profodd	profasom	profasoch	profasant	profwyd
pluperfect	profaswn	profasit	profasai	profasem	profasech	profasent	profasid, profesid
present subjunctive	profwyf	profych	profo	profom	profoch	profont	profer
imperative	—	profa	profed	profwn	profwch	profent	profer
verbal noun	profi
verbal adjectives	profedig profadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	profa i, profaf i	profi di	profith o/e/hi, profiff e/hi	profwn ni	profwch chi	profan nhw
conditional	profwn i, profswn i	profet ti, profset ti	profai fo/fe/hi, profsai fo/fe/hi	profen ni, profsen ni	profech chi, profsech chi	profen nhw, profsen nhw
preterite	profais i, profes i	profaist ti, profest ti	profodd o/e/hi	profon ni	profoch chi	profon nhw
imperative	—	profa	—	—	profwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arbrofi (“to experiment”)
• profiad (“experience”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of profi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
profi	brofi	mhrofi	phrofi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “profi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies