tarsoly

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German, specifically from Bavarian. Compare German Täschel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒrʃoj]
• Hyphenation: tar‧soly
• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

tarsoly (plural tarsolyok)

1. (archaic) scrip, satchel, musette (a small leather bag with a shoulder strap)
2. (historical) sabretache (a leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt)
3. (rare) purse, bag, handbag
4. (informal, figuratively) in expressions, as in up one's sleeve, in reserve, hidden

   van valami a tarsolyában ― to have something up one's sleeve

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tarsoly	tarsolyok
accusative	tarsolyt	tarsolyokat
dative	tarsolynak	tarsolyoknak
instrumental	tarsollyal	tarsolyokkal
causal-final	tarsolyért	tarsolyokért
translative	tarsollyá	tarsolyokká
terminative	tarsolyig	tarsolyokig
essive-formal	tarsolyként	tarsolyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tarsolyban	tarsolyokban
superessive	tarsolyon	tarsolyokon
adessive	tarsolynál	tarsolyoknál
illative	tarsolyba	tarsolyokba
sublative	tarsolyra	tarsolyokra
allative	tarsolyhoz	tarsolyokhoz
elative	tarsolyból	tarsolyokból
delative	tarsolyról	tarsolyokról
ablative	tarsolytól	tarsolyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tarsolyé	tarsolyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tarsolyéi	tarsolyokéi

Possessive forms of tarsoly
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tarsolyom	tarsolyaim
2nd person sing.	tarsolyod	tarsolyaid
3rd person sing.	tarsolya	tarsolyai
1st person plural	tarsolyunk	tarsolyaink
2nd person plural	tarsolyotok	tarsolyaitok
3rd person plural	tarsolyuk	tarsolyaik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

Further reading

• tarsoly 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