kifli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from HungarianCategory:English terms borrowed from Hungarian#KIFLICategory:English terms derived from Hungarian#KIFLI kifli, from GermanCategory:English terms derived from German#KIFLI Kipfl.

Noun

kifli (plural kiflis)Category:English lemmas#KIFLICategory:English nouns#KIFLICategory:English countable nouns#KIFLICategory:English entries with incorrect language header#KIFLICategory:Pages with entries#KIFLICategory:Pages with 3 entries#KIFLI

  1. (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#KIFLI) A Hungarian crescent-shaped bread roll.

Hungarian

 kifli on Hungarian Wikipedia
Two kiflis, the left one is salted

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from German#KIFLICategory:Hungarian terms derived from German#KIFLI Kipfl, more specifically from Bavarian-Austrian. Suffixed with -iCategory:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -i (word-final consonant cluster resolution)#KIFLI to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

kifli (plural kiflik)Category:Hungarian lemmas#KIFLICategory:Hungarian nouns#KIFLICategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#KIFLICategory:Pages with entries#KIFLICategory:Pages with 3 entries#KIFLI

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

Declension

Possessive forms of kifli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kiflim kiflijeim (or kifliim)
2nd person sing. kiflid kiflijeid (or kifliid)
3rd person sing. kiflije kiflijei (or kiflii)
1st person plural kiflink kiflijeink (or kifliink)
2nd person plural kiflitek kiflijeitek (or kifliitek)
3rd person plural kiflijük kiflijeik (or kifliik)

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kifli (Cyrillic spelling кифли)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#KIFLICategory:Serbo-Croatian noun forms#KIFLICategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries#KIFLICategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#KIFLICategory:Pages with entries#KIFLICategory:Pages with 3 entries#KIFLI

  1. inflection of kifla:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. genitive plural
Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms borrowed from Hungarian Category:English terms derived from German Category:English terms derived from Hungarian Category:English terms with uncommon senses Category:Hungarian lemmas Category:Hungarian nouns Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -i (word-final consonant cluster resolution) Category:Hungarian terms borrowed from German Category:Hungarian terms derived from German Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries Category:Rhymes:Hungarian/li Category:Rhymes:Hungarian/li/2 syllables Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms Category:Serbo-Croatian noun forms Category:hu:Breads