spicli

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spitzel. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

spicli (plural spiclik)

  1. informant, informer (one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police)
    Synonym: besúgó

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative spicli spiclik
accusative spiclit spicliket
dative spiclinek spicliknek
instrumental spiclivel spiclikkel
causal-final spicliért spiclikért
translative spiclivé spiclikké
terminative spicliig spiclikig
essive-formal spicliként spiclikként
essive-modal
inessive spicliben spiclikben
superessive spiclin spicliken
adessive spiclinél spicliknél
illative spiclibe spiclikbe
sublative spiclire spiclikre
allative spiclihez spiclikhez
elative spicliből spiclikből
delative spicliről spiclikről
ablative spiclitől spicliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
spiclié spicliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
spicliéi spiclikéi
Possessive forms of spicli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. spiclim spiclijeim
2nd person sing. spiclid spiclijeid
3rd person sing. spiclije spiclijei
1st person plural spiclink spiclijeink
2nd person plural spiclitek spiclijeitek
3rd person plural spiclijük spiclijeik

References

  1. ^ spicli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • spicli 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