elég
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛleːɡ]
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Etymology 1
Adjective
elég (not comparable)
- enough, sufficient
- Synonym: elegendő
- Nincs sok vizünk, de egy napra biztosan elég. ― We don't have much water but it's certainly enough for a day.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | elég | elegek |
accusative | eleget | elegeket |
dative | elégnek | elegeknek |
instrumental | eléggel | elegekkel |
causal-final | elégért | elegekért |
translative | eléggé | elegekké |
terminative | elégig | elegekig |
essive-formal | elégként | elegekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | elégben | elegekben |
superessive | elégen | elegeken |
adessive | elégnél | elegeknél |
illative | elégbe | elegekbe |
sublative | elégre | elegekre |
allative | eléghez | elegekhez |
elative | elégből | elegekből |
delative | elégről | elegekről |
ablative | elégtől | elegektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
elégé | elegeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elégéi | elegekéi |
Derived terms
Adverb
elég (not comparable)
- quite, rather, fairly
- Synonyms: eléggé, viszonylag, aránylag, meglehetősen
- Azok nagyon jók, de elég drágák. ― They are very good, but rather expensive.
Usage notes
Elég (as an adverb) can only be used with adjectives and adverbs (e.g. elég szép volt: it was quite nice, elég hamar odaértem: I arrived there quite soon). With verbs, eléggé is required (this latter can be used with adjectives and adverbs as well).
Noun
elég
- Used in expressions with inflectional suffixes.
- elege van ― to be fed up (literally, “to have enough”)
- eleget tesz ― to satisfy, to fulfill, to comply with (literally, “to do enough”)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | elég | elegek |
accusative | eleget | elegeket |
dative | elégnek | elegeknek |
instrumental | eléggel | elegekkel |
causal-final | elégért | elegekért |
translative | eléggé | elegekké |
terminative | elégig | elegekig |
essive-formal | elégként | elegekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | elégben | elegekben |
superessive | elégen | elegeken |
adessive | elégnél | elegeknél |
illative | elégbe | elegekbe |
sublative | elégre | elegekre |
allative | eléghez | elegekhez |
elative | elégből | elegekből |
delative | elégről | elegekről |
ablative | elégtől | elegektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
elégé | elegeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elégéi | elegekéi |
Possessive forms of elég | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | elegem | — |
2nd person sing. | eleged | — |
3rd person sing. | elege | — |
1st person plural | elegünk | — |
2nd person plural | elegetek | — |
3rd person plural | elegük | — |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
elég
- (intransitive) to burn up (fully)
Conjugation
conjugation of elég
Click for archaic forms | 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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elégek | elégsz | elég | elégünk | elégtek | elégnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | elégtem | elégtél | elégett | elégtünk | elégtetek | elégtek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. elégni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elégék | elégél | elége | elégénk | elégétek | elégének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elég vala, elégett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | elégendek | elégendesz | elégend | elégendünk | elégendetek | elégendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elégnék | elégnél | elégne | elégnénk | elégnétek | elégnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elégett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elégjek | elégj or elégjél |
elégjen | elégjünk | elégjetek | elégjenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elégett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | elégni | elégnem | elégned | elégnie | elégnünk | elégnetek | elégniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
elégés | elégő | elégett | ― | elégve (elégvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of elég
Click for archaic forms | 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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghetek | eléghetsz | eléghet | eléghetünk | eléghettek | eléghetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | eléghettem | eléghettél | eléghetett | eléghettünk | eléghettetek | eléghettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elégheték | eléghetél | eléghete | elégheténk | eléghetétek | eléghetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. eléghet vala, eléghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | eléghetendek or elégandhatok |
eléghetendesz or elégandhatsz |
eléghetend or elégandhat |
eléghetendünk or elégandhatunk |
eléghetendetek or elégandhattok |
eléghetendenek or elégandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghetnék | eléghetnél | eléghetne | eléghetnénk | eléghetnétek | eléghetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. eléghetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghessek | eléghess or eléghessél |
eléghessen | eléghessünk | eléghessetek | eléghessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. eléghetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (eléghetni) | (eléghetnem) | (eléghetned) | (eléghetnie) | (eléghetnünk) | (eléghetnetek) | (eléghetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (eléghetve / eléghetvén) | ||||
Further reading
- (adjective, adverb, noun) elég in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (verb) elég in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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