-leg

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

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested after 1372 in the Old Hungarian era. Formed from the connection of the ablativus suffix -l and the suffix -g.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛɡ]

Suffix

-leg

1. (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”)

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

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

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

   szédeleg (“to feel dizzy”)

Declension

(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
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

• (adverb suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -lag is added to back vowel words

  -leg is added to front vowel words

• (frequentative 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

Derived terms

► Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -leg

► Hungarian nouns suffixed with -leg

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

• Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): -lig

Etymology

From Old Norse -ligr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Suffix

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

1. -ly

See also

► Norwegian Nynorsk words suffixed with -leg

References

• “-leg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.