gerle

Syncopic form of gerlice. ^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛrlɛ]
• Hyphenation: ger‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

gerle (plural gerlék)

1. turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
2. collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	gerléé	gerléké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gerlééi	gerlékéi

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

• gerle 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
• gerle in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛr.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛrle
• Hyphenation: gèr‧le

gerle f

1. plural of gerla

• girle, gyrle, gurle, geerle, garle

Possibly from Old English *gyrele.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛrl(ə)/, /ˈɡirl(ə)/, /ˈɡurl(ə)/, /ˈɡɛːrl(ə)/, /ˈɡiːrl(ə)/

gerle (plural gerles)

1. child, kid (whether male or female)

• English: girl (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: girle (obsolete)
• Yola: gurl

• “girl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.