cetli

See also: četli

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1722. Borrowed from German Zettel or (Austro-)Bavarian ze’dl, from Latin cedula. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛtli]
• Hyphenation: cet‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

cetli (plural cetlik)

1. (colloquial) slip of paper, note, chit (a small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder)

   Synonyms: cédula, papírszelet, papírdarabka

   ragadós cetli ― post-it note, sticky note

2. (computing) note, sticky note

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cetli	cetlik
accusative	cetlit	cetliket
dative	cetlinek	cetliknek
instrumental	cetlivel	cetlikkel
causal-final	cetliért	cetlikért
translative	cetlivé	cetlikké
terminative	cetliig	cetlikig
essive-formal	cetliként	cetlikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cetliben	cetlikben
superessive	cetlin	cetliken
adessive	cetlinél	cetliknél
illative	cetlibe	cetlikbe
sublative	cetlire	cetlikre
allative	cetlihez	cetlikhez
elative	cetliből	cetlikből
delative	cetliről	cetlikről
ablative	cetlitől	cetliktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	cetlié	cetliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cetliéi	cetlikéi

Possessive forms of cetli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cetlim	cetlijeim (or cetliim)
2nd person sing.	cetlid	cetlijeid (or cetliid)
3rd person sing.	cetlije	cetlijei (or cetlii)
1st person plural	cetlink	cetlijeink (or cetliink)
2nd person plural	cetlitek	cetlijeitek (or cetliitek)
3rd person plural	cetlijük	cetlijeik (or cetliik)

Further reading

• cetli 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
• cetli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).