Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Bavarian nudl (noodle), of unknown origin. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnudli]
  • Hyphenation: nud‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

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nudli (plural nudlik)

  1. noodle

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative nudli nudlik
accusative nudlit nudlikat
dative nudlinak nudliknak
instrumental nudlival nudlikkal
causal-final nudliért nudlikért
translative nudlivá nudlikká
terminative nudliig nudlikig
essive-formal nudliként nudlikként
essive-modal
inessive nudliban nudlikban
superessive nudlin nudlikon
adessive nudlinál nudliknál
illative nudliba nudlikba
sublative nudlira nudlikra
allative nudlihoz nudlikhoz
elative nudliból nudlikból
delative nudliról nudlikról
ablative nudlitól nudliktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nudlié nudliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
nudliéi nudlikéi
Possessive forms of nudli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nudlim nudlijaim(or nudliim)
2nd person sing. nudlid nudlijaid(or nudliid)
3rd person sing. nudlija nudlijai(or nudlii)
1st person plural nudlink nudlijaink(or nudliink)
2nd person plural nudlitok nudlijaitok(or nudliitok)
3rd person plural nudlijuk nudlijaik(or nudliik)

Further reading

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  • nudli 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