virsli

Hungarian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

virsli (plural virslik)

1. frankfurter, hot dog, Vienna sausage, wiener

Declension

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 (or virsliim)
2nd person sing.	virslid	virslijeid (or virsliid)
3rd person sing.	virslije	virslijei (or virslii)
1st person plural	virslink	virslijeink (or virsliink)
2nd person plural	virslitek	virslijeitek (or virsliitek)
3rd person plural	virslijük	virslijeik (or virsliik)

Further reading

• 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