spicli

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spitzel.^[1] Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃpit͡sli]
Hyphenation: spic‧li
Rhymes: -li

Noun

spicli (plural spiclik)

informant, informer (one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police)
Synonym: besúgó

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	spicli	spiclik
accusative	spiclit	spicliket
dative	spiclinek	spicliknek
instrumental	spiclivel	spiclikkel
causal-final	spicliért	spiclikért
translative	spiclivé	spiclikké
terminative	spicliig	spiclikig
essive-formal	spicliként	spiclikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	spicliben	spiclikben
superessive	spiclin	spicliken
adessive	spiclinél	spicliknél
illative	spiclibe	spiclikbe
sublative	spiclire	spiclikre
allative	spiclihez	spiclikhez
elative	spicliből	spiclikből
delative	spicliről	spiclikről
ablative	spiclitől	spicliktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	spiclié	spicliké
non-attributive possessive – plural	spicliéi	spiclikéi

Possessive forms of *spicli*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	spiclim	spiclijeim (or spicliim)
2nd person sing.	spiclid	spiclijeid (or spicliid)
3rd person sing.	spiclije	spiclijei (or spiclii)
1st person plural	spiclink	spiclijeink (or spicliink)
2nd person plural	spiclitek	spiclijeitek (or spicliitek)
3rd person plural	spiclijük	spiclijeik (or spicliik)

References

^ spicli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN