svindli

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Schwindel (“giddiness, swindle”), from schwindeln (“to be giddy, cheat, swindle”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃvindli]
  • Hyphenation: svind‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

svindli (plural svindlik)

  1. (colloquial) swindle
    Synonyms: csalás, szélhámosság

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative svindli svindlik
accusative svindlit svindliket
dative svindlinek svindliknek
instrumental svindlivel svindlikkel
causal-final svindliért svindlikért
translative svindlivé svindlikké
terminative svindliig svindlikig
essive-formal svindliként svindlikként
essive-modal — —
inessive svindliben svindlikben
superessive svindlin svindliken
adessive svindlinél svindliknél
illative svindlibe svindlikbe
sublative svindlire svindlikre
allative svindlihez svindlikhez
elative svindliből svindlikből
delative svindliről svindlikről
ablative svindlitől svindliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 svindlié svindliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 svindliéi svindlikéi
Possessive forms of svindli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. svindlim svindlijeim
2nd person sing. svindlid svindlijeid
3rd person sing. svindlije svindlijei
1st person plural svindlink svindlijeink
2nd person plural svindlitek svindlijeitek
3rd person plural svindlijük svindlijeik

Derived terms
  • svindlizik

Further reading
  • svindli 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
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