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  • 1.1 Etymology
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  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Declension
  • 1.4 References
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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.

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

spicli (plural spiclik)

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

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

• spicli in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

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