Levente

See also: levente

Hungarian

Etymology

Generally considered as a derivative of the Hungarian verb lesz (“to be”) hence its original meaning (see below); another theory is it might be derived from Slavic *lovъ (“hunter”). Its origin is unrelated to the Hungarian noun Hungarian levente (“warrior”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvɛntɛ]

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• Hyphenation: Le‧ven‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

Proper noun

Levente

1. a male given name, meaning “existing”

Usage notes

The only officially listed diminutive of Levente is Levi; unrelated to the Jewish first name Levi (also written as Levy), but pronounced similarly. Its slang nicknames include Lecsó and Leves.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Levente	Leventék
accusative	Leventét	Leventéket
dative	Leventének	Leventéknek
instrumental	Leventével	Leventékkel
causal-final	Leventéért	Leventékért
translative	Leventévé	Leventékké
terminative	Leventéig	Leventékig
essive-formal	Leventeként	Leventékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Leventében	Leventékben
superessive	Leventén	Leventéken
adessive	Leventénél	Leventéknél
illative	Leventébe	Leventékbe
sublative	Leventére	Leventékre
allative	Leventéhez	Leventékhez
elative	Leventéből	Leventékből
delative	Leventéről	Leventékről
ablative	Leventétől	Leventéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Leventéé	Leventéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Leventééi	Leventékéi

Possessive forms of Levente
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Leventém	Leventéim
2nd person sing.	Leventéd	Leventéid
3rd person sing.	Leventéje	Leventéi
1st person plural	Leventénk	Leventéink
2nd person plural	Leventétek	Leventéitek
3rd person plural	Leventéjük	Leventéik

See also

• levente