gerle
Hungarian
Etymology
Contraction of gerlice. [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɛrlɛ]
- Hyphenation: ger‧le
Noun
gerle (plural gerlék)
- turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
- collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gerle | gerlék |
| accusative | gerlét | gerléket |
| dative | gerlének | gerléknek |
| instrumental | gerlével | gerlékkel |
| causal-final | gerléért | gerlékért |
| translative | gerlévé | gerlékké |
| terminative | gerléig | gerlékig |
| essive-formal | gerleként | gerlékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gerlében | gerlékben |
| superessive | gerlén | gerléken |
| adessive | gerlénél | gerléknél |
| illative | gerlébe | gerlékbe |
| sublative | gerlére | gerlékre |
| allative | gerléhez | gerlékhez |
| elative | gerléből | gerlékből |
| delative | gerléről | gerlékről |
| ablative | gerlétől | gerléktől |
| Possessive forms of gerle | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gerlém | gerléim |
| 2nd person sing. | gerléd | gerléid |
| 3rd person sing. | gerléje | gerléi |
| 1st person plural | gerlénk | gerléink |
| 2nd person plural | gerlétek | gerléitek |
| 3rd person plural | gerléjük | gerléik |
Derived terms
- vadgerle
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Italian
Noun
gerle f
- plural of gerla
Middle English
Alternative forms
- girle, gyrle, gurle, geerle, garle
Etymology
Possibly from Old English *gyrele.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛrl(ə)/, /ˈɡirl(ə)/, /ˈɡurl(ə)/, /ˈɡɛːrl(ə)/, /ˈɡiːrl(ə)/
Noun
gerle (plural gerles)
- child, kid (used to refer to any gender)
Descendants
- English: girl
- Scots: girle (obsolete)
References
- “girl(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.