sercli

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Scherzl. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛrt͡sli]
• Hyphenation: serc‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

sercli (plural serclik)

1. (colloquial) heel (a crust end-piece of a loaf of bread)

   Synonym: kenyérvég

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sercli	serclik
accusative	serclit	sercliket
dative	serclinek	sercliknek
instrumental	serclivel	serclikkel
causal-final	sercliért	serclikért
translative	serclivé	serclikké
terminative	sercliig	serclikig
essive-formal	sercliként	serclikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sercliben	serclikben
superessive	serclin	sercliken
adessive	serclinél	sercliknél
illative	serclibe	serclikbe
sublative	serclire	serclikre
allative	serclihez	serclikhez
elative	sercliből	serclikből
delative	sercliről	serclikről
ablative	serclitől	sercliktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	serclié	sercliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sercliéi	serclikéi

Possessive forms of sercli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	serclim	serclijeim (or sercliim)
2nd person sing.	serclid	serclijeid (or sercliid)
3rd person sing.	serclije	serclijei (or serclii)
1st person plural	serclink	serclijeink (or sercliink)
2nd person plural	serclitek	serclijeitek (or sercliitek)
3rd person plural	serclijük	serclijeik (or sercliik)

Further reading

• sercli 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