léc
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from German. Ultimately from Italian liccia or lizza.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
léc (plural lécek)
- (carpentry) lath, batten, slat (a thin strip of wood)
- (sports) bar (a horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault; also figuratively)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | léc | lécek |
accusative | lécet | léceket |
dative | lécnek | léceknek |
instrumental | léccel | lécekkel |
causal-final | lécért | lécekért |
translative | léccé | lécekké |
terminative | lécig | lécekig |
essive-formal | lécként | lécekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lécben | lécekben |
superessive | lécen | léceken |
adessive | lécnél | léceknél |
illative | lécbe | lécekbe |
sublative | lécre | lécekre |
allative | léchez | lécekhez |
elative | lécből | lécekből |
delative | lécről | lécekről |
ablative | léctől | lécektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lécé | léceké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lécéi | lécekéi |
Possessive forms of léc | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lécem | léceim |
2nd person sing. | léced | léceid |
3rd person sing. | léce | lécei |
1st person plural | lécünk | léceink |
2nd person plural | lécetek | léceitek |
3rd person plural | lécük | léceik |
Derived terms
Compound words
(Expressions):
- leveri a lécet
- megugorja a lécet
- rezeg a léc, often in the past tense: rezgett a léc
See also
References
- ^ léc 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.)