-leg

See also: leg, lég, lèg, leg-, and leg.

Catalan

Etymology

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Suffix

-leg m (noun-forming suffix, plural -legs, feminine -lega)

1. -logist

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -leg

Related terms

• -logia

Further reading

• “-leg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “-leg”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “-leg” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Hungarian

Etymology

See at -lag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛɡ]

Suffix

-leg

1. (adverb-forming suffix) -ly. Added to a word to form an adverb. Today it is mainly used with adjectives suffixed with -i and present participles. In the past, it was added to different parts of speech.

   valószínű (“probable”) → valószínűleg (“probably”)

2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It is no longer productive in this role.

   mér (“to measure”) → mérleg (“scale”)

3. (frequentative verb-forming suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.

   szédeleg (“to feel dizzy”)

Usage notes

• (adverb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -lag is added to back vowel words

  -leg is added to front vowel words

• (frequentative verb-forming suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants and alternative forms:

  -log is added to back vowel words

  -leg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -lög is added to rounded front vowel words

  -lyog is added to back vowel words

  -lyeg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -lyög is added to rounded front vowel words

Declension

(noun-forming suffix):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-leg	-legek
accusative	-leget	-legeket
dative	-legnek	-legeknek
instrumental	-leggel	-legekkel
causal-final	-legért	-legekért
translative	-leggé	-legekké
terminative	-legig	-legekig
essive-formal	-legként	-legekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-legben	-legekben
superessive	-legen	-legeken
adessive	-legnél	-legeknél
illative	-legbe	-legekbe
sublative	-legre	-legekre
allative	-leghez	-legekhez
elative	-legből	-legekből
delative	-legről	-legekről
ablative	-legtől	-legektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	-legé	-legeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-legéi	-legekéi

Possessive forms of -leg
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-legem	-legeim
2nd person sing.	-leged	-legeid
3rd person sing.	-lege	-legei
1st person plural	-legünk	-legeink
2nd person plural	-legetek	-legeitek
3rd person plural	-legük	-legeik

(frequentative verb-forming suffix):

conjugation of -leg

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-lgek	-legsz	-leg	-lgünk	-legtek	-legnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	-legtem	-legtél	-lgett	-legtünk	-legtetek	-legtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-legnék	-legnél	-legne	-legnénk	-legnétek	-legnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	-legjek	-legj or -legjél	-legjen	-legjünk	-legjetek	-legjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	-legni		-legnem	-legned	-legnie	-legnünk	-legnetek	-legniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			-lgés	-lgő	-lgett	―	-legve	-leghet

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -leg

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -leg

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -leg

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

• -leg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Icelandic

Suffix

-leg

1. inflection of -legur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): -lig

Etymology

From Old Norse -ligr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-leː(ɡ)/, /-lɛ(ɡ)/

Suffix

-leg (indefinite singular -leg, definite singular and plural -lege, comparative -legare, indefinite superlative -legast, definite superlative -legaste)

1. -ly

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -leg

References

• “-leg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.