kerti

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Hungarian

kerti székben (Woman in a garden chair) by János Vaszary

Etymology

kert (garden) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

kerti (not comparable)

  1. garden-
    kerti székgarden chair

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kerti kertiek
accusative kertit kertieket
dative kertinek kertieknek
instrumental kertivel kertiekkel
causal-final kertiért kertiekért
translative kertivé kertiekké
terminative kertiig kertiekig
essive-formal kertiként kertiekként
essive-modal
inessive kertiben kertiekben
superessive kertin kertieken
adessive kertinél kertieknél
illative kertibe kertiekbe
sublative kertire kertiekre
allative kertihez kertiekhez
elative kertiből kertiekből
delative kertiről kertiekről
ablative kertitől kertiektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kertié kertieké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kertiéi kertiekéi

Derived terms

Expressions

Further reading

  • kerti 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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kerti, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kerte, from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

Noun

kerti n (genitive singular kertis, nominative plural kerti)

  1. candle
  2. (automotive) spark plug
  3. candela (unit of luminous intensity)

Declension

Derived terms

Javanese

Romanization

kerti

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Middle Low German kartise, kartse (candle, torch). See also Latin cera and Old High German karza (wick).

Noun

kerti n

  1. wax candle, taper

Derived terms

References

  • kerti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "kerti" on page 239 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).