kerti

Hungarian

Nő kerti székben (Woman in a garden chair) by János Vaszary

Etymology

kert (“garden”) +‎ -i (“adjective-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrti]
• Hyphenation: ker‧ti

Adjective

kerti (not comparable)

1. garden-

   kerti szék ― garden chair

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kerti	kertiek
accusative	kertit	kertieket
dative	kertinek	kertieknek
instrumental	kertivel	kertiekkel
causal-final	kertiért	kertiekért
translative	kertivé	kertiekké
terminative	kertiig	kertiekig
essive-formal	kertiként	kertiekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kertiben	kertiekben
superessive	kertin	kertieken
adessive	kertinél	kertieknél
illative	kertibe	kertiekbe
sublative	kertire	kertiekre
allative	kertihez	kertiekhez
elative	kertiből	kertiekből
delative	kertiről	kertiekről
ablative	kertitől	kertiektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kertié	kertieké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kertiéi	kertiekéi

Derived terms

• kerti csiperke

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kerti, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kerte, from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛr̥tɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛr̥tɪ

Noun

kerti n (genitive singular kertis, nominative plural kerti)

1. candle
2. (automotive) spark plug
3. candela (unit of luminous intensity)

Declension

declension of kerti

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kerti	kertið	kerti	kertin
accusative	kerti	kertið	kerti	kertin
dative	kerti	kertinu	kertum	kertunum
genitive	kertis	kertisins	kerta	kertanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• grýlukerti
• kertavax

• kveikikerti
• merkikerti

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Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from Middle Low German kartise, kartse (“candle, torch”). See also Latin cera and Old High German karza (“wick”).

Noun

kerti n

1. wax candle, taper

Derived terms

• kertahjálmr
• kertastika

References

• “kerti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "kerti" on page 239 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).