túli

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Hungarian

Etymology

túl (beyond) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix). It is an adjective formed from a postposition, so that it can be used attributively to mark the qualifier of a noun (preceding it), rather than marking the modifier of a verb (or verb derivative), like an adverbial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

túli (not comparable)

  1. beyond, over, past
    a csillagokon túli világthe world beyond the stars

Usage notes

Most of the time, it is a separate word. In certain cases, due to tradition or changes in meaning, it is appended to the preceding word. Compare:

földöntúli (ethereal, unearthly, e.g. happiness, bliss)földön túli (“from/of beyond the earth”, e.g. space)
tengerentúli (transatlantic, American)tengeren túli (“from beyond the sea(s)”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative túli túliak
accusative túlit túliakat
dative túlinak túliaknak
instrumental túlival túliakkal
causal-final túliért túliakért
translative túlivá túliakká
terminative túliig túliakig
essive-formal túliként túliakként
essive-modal
inessive túliban túliakban
superessive túlin túliakon
adessive túlinál túliaknál
illative túliba túliakba
sublative túlira túliakra
allative túlihoz túliakhoz
elative túliból túliakból
delative túliról túliakról
ablative túlitól túliaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
túlié túliaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
túliéi túliakéi

Further reading

  • túli 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

Pronunciation

Noun

túli m (genitive singular túla, nominative plural túlar)

  1. (informal, somewhat vulgar) mouth

Declension

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