svindli
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom German Schwindel (“giddiness, swindle”), from schwindeln (“to be giddy, cheat, swindle”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsvindli (plural svindlik)
- (colloquial) swindle
- Synonyms: csalás, szélhámosság
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | svindli | svindlik |
accusative | svindlit | svindliket |
dative | svindlinek | svindliknek |
instrumental | svindlivel | svindlikkel |
causal-final | svindliért | svindlikért |
translative | svindlivé | svindlikké |
terminative | svindliig | svindlikig |
essive-formal | svindliként | svindlikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | svindliben | svindlikben |
superessive | svindlin | svindliken |
adessive | svindlinél | svindliknél |
illative | svindlibe | svindlikbe |
sublative | svindlire | svindlikre |
allative | svindlihez | svindlikhez |
elative | svindliből | svindlikből |
delative | svindliről | svindlikről |
ablative | svindlitől | svindliktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
svindlié | svindliké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
svindliéi | svindlikéi |
Possessive forms of svindli | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | svindlim | svindlijeim (or svindliim) |
2nd person sing. | svindlid | svindlijeid (or svindliid) |
3rd person sing. | svindlije | svindlijei (or svindlii) |
1st person plural | svindlink | svindlijeink (or svindliink) |
2nd person plural | svindlitek | svindlijeitek (or svindliitek) |
3rd person plural | svindlijük | svindlijeik (or svindliik) |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- svindli 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