kifli

Hungarian
Two kiflis, the left one is salted

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kipfl, more specifically from Bavarian-Austrian. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkifli]
  • Hyphenation: kif‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

kifli (plural kiflik)

  1. A traditional Hungarian yeast roll made into a crescent shape.

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kifli kiflik
accusative kiflit kifliket
dative kiflinek kifliknek
instrumental kiflivel kiflikkel
causal-final kifliért kiflikért
translative kiflivé kiflikké
terminative kifliig kiflikig
essive-formal kifliként kiflikként
essive-modal — —
inessive kifliben kiflikben
superessive kiflin kifliken
adessive kiflinél kifliknél
illative kiflibe kiflikbe
sublative kiflire kiflikre
allative kiflihez kiflikhez
elative kifliből kiflikből
delative kifliről kiflikről
ablative kiflitől kifliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 kiflié kifliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 kifliéi kiflikéi
Possessive forms of kifli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kiflim kiflijeim
2nd person sing. kiflid kiflijeid
3rd person sing. kiflije kiflijei
1st person plural kiflink kiflijeink
2nd person plural kiflitek kiflijeitek
3rd person plural kiflijük kiflijeik

References
  1. kifli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  2. kifli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • kifli 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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kifli (Cyrillic spelling кифли)

  1. inflection of kifla:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. genitive plural
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