kurbli

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kurbel (“crank”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurbli]
• Hyphenation: kurb‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

kurbli (plural kurblik)

1. (historical, dated) crank, starting handle

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurbli	kurblik
accusative	kurblit	kurblikat
dative	kurblinak	kurbliknak
instrumental	kurblival	kurblikkal
causal-final	kurbliért	kurblikért
translative	kurblivá	kurblikká
terminative	kurbliig	kurblikig
essive-formal	kurbliként	kurblikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kurbliban	kurblikban
superessive	kurblin	kurblikon
adessive	kurblinál	kurbliknál
illative	kurbliba	kurblikba
sublative	kurblira	kurblikra
allative	kurblihoz	kurblikhoz
elative	kurbliból	kurblikból
delative	kurbliról	kurblikról
ablative	kurblitól	kurbliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kurblié	kurbliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kurbliéi	kurblikéi

Possessive forms of kurbli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kurblim	kurblijaim (or kurbliim)
2nd person sing.	kurblid	kurblijaid (or kurbliid)
3rd person sing.	kurblija	kurblijai (or kurblii)
1st person plural	kurblink	kurblijaink (or kurbliink)
2nd person plural	kurblitok	kurblijaitok (or kurbliitok)
3rd person plural	kurblijuk	kurblijaik (or kurbliik)

Derived terms

• kurbliz

 

Further reading

• kurbli 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