-lek
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -l (frequentative suffix) + -e- (linking vowel) + -k (first-person singular personal suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-lek
- (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).
Usage notes edit
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
| Person (subject) |
Verb ending |
Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| én (“I”) |
most types | -lak | -lek | téged | titeket / benneteket |
| two consonants or long vowel + t |
-alak | -elek | |||
| When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -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.)
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-lek
- to you (singular)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.
Suffix edit
-lek c
- used to create nouns from adjectives.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- -leik in Svensk Etymologisk Ordbok.