-leg
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested after 1372 in the Old Hungarian era. Formed from the connection of the ablativus suffix -l and the suffix -g.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-leg
- (adverb 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”)
- (noun suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It is no longer productive in this role.
- (frequentative suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.
- szédeleg (“to feel dizzy”)
Declension[edit]
(noun 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 |
| 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 suffix):
conjugation of -leg
| Infinitive | -legni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | -lgett | |||||||
| Present participle | -lgő | |||||||
| Future participle | - | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | -legve | |||||||
| Potential | -leghet | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal |
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| Indicative mood | Present | Indefinite | -lgek | -legsz | -leg | -lgünk | -legtek | -legnek |
| Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| Past | Indefinite | -legtem | -legtél | -lgett | -legtünk | -legtetek | -legtek | |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | -legnék | -legnél | -legne | -legnénk | -legnétek | -legnének |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | -legjek | -legj or -legjél |
-legjen | -legjünk | -legjetek | -legjenek |
| Definite | - | |||||||
| Conjugated infinitive | -legnem | -legned | -legnie | -legnünk | -legnetek | -legniük | ||
Usage notes[edit]
- (adverb suffix) Harmonic variants:
- (frequentative suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants and alternative forms:
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (former reform[s] only): -lig
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-leg (indefinite singular -leg, definite singular and plural -lege, comparative -legare, indefinite superlative -legast, definite superlative -legaste)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “-leg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
