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-lek

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (first-person singular personal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-lek

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
    keres (to look for) + ‎-lek → ‎kereslek (I am looking for you)

Usage notes

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  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ -lek 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.)

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English -lect.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-lek (Jawi spelling -ليک)

  1. -lect
    sosioleksociolect

Derived terms

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See also

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Maltese

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Etymology

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lil +‎ -k

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-lek

  1. to you (singular)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.

Suffix

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-lek c

  1. used to create nouns from adjectives.

Derived terms

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References

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  • -lek in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)