lég
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Shortened from old Hungarian levegő ég (air) (attested in 1636). First attested in 1813. Created by Ferenc Kazinczy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lég (usually uncountable, plural légek or legek)
- air, atmosphere
- air-, aerial (in compound words)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lég | légek |
accusative | léget | légeket |
dative | légnek | légeknek |
instrumental | léggel | légekkel |
causal-final | légért | légekért |
translative | léggé | légekké |
terminative | légig | légekig |
essive-formal | légként | légekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | légben | légekben |
superessive | légen | légeken |
adessive | légnél | légeknél |
illative | légbe | légekbe |
sublative | légre | légekre |
allative | léghez | légekhez |
elative | légből | légekből |
delative | légről | légekről |
ablative | légtől | légektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
légé | légeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
légéi | légekéi |
Possessive forms of lég | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | légem | — |
2nd person sing. | léged | — |
3rd person sing. | lége | — |
1st person plural | légünk | — |
2nd person plural | légetek | — |
3rd person plural | légük | — |
or
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | lég | legek |
accusative | leget | legeket |
dative | légnek | legeknek |
instrumental | léggel | legekkel |
causal-final | légért | legekért |
translative | léggé | legekké |
terminative | légig | legekig |
essive-formal | légként | legekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | légben | legekben |
superessive | légen | legeken |
adessive | légnél | legeknél |
illative | légbe | legekbe |
sublative | légre | legekre |
allative | léghez | legekhez |
elative | légből | legekből |
delative | légről | legekről |
ablative | légtől | legektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
légé | legeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
légéi | legekéi |
Possessive forms of lég | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | legem | — |
2nd person sing. | leged | — |
3rd person sing. | lege | — |
1st person plural | legünk | — |
2nd person plural | legetek | — |
3rd person plural | legük | — |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
References edit
- ^ lég 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.)
Further reading edit
- lég in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Anagrams edit
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·lég
- third-person singular preterite conjunct of légaid
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
lég also llég after a proclitic |
lég pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |