lesz
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- lösz (dialectal)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *le- (“to be, exist, live; will be”, compare Proto-Finnic *leedäk)[1] + -sz ([now obsolete] frequentative suffix; see its entry for more).[2]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛsː], [ˈlɛs] (long before a vowel or at the end of a sentence; short before a consonant)[3]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsː, -ɛs
Verb edit
lesz
- future of van (“to be”): will be
- (intransitive, copulative) to become, get, turn into (out of someone or something: -ból/-ből; into something, achieving a state: nominative or [less commonly] -vá/-vé)
- (intransitive) to come into being, come to be, get (to have) (as if due to external circumstances)
- Synonym: adódik
- Lett egy kutyánk. ― We got a dog.
- Lett egy új állásom. ― I got a new job.
- (intransitive, copulative) to occur, come to pass, come about, happen, come into being, take place, befall (with -val/-vel)
- Synonym: történik
- Mi lett vele, miután elküldték? ― What happened to him after he was dismissed?
- must be, have to be (expressing probability or logical necessity)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of lesz
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | leszek | leszel | lesz | leszünk | lesztek | lesznek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | lettem | lettél | lett | lettünk | lettetek | lettek | ||
| 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. lenni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | levék or lők | levél or lől | leve or lőn | levénk or lőnk | levétek or lőtök | levének or lőnek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lesz vala, lett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | leendek | leendesz | leend | leendünk | leendetek | leendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lennék | lennél | lenne | lennénk | lennétek | lennének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | legyek | legyél | legyen | legyünk | legyetek | legyenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | lenni | lennem | lenned | lennie | lennünk | lennetek | lenniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| levés or lét |
levő | lett | leendő | léve (lévén) | |||||
potential conjugation of lesz
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetek | lehetsz | lehet | lehetünk | lehettek | lehetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | lehettem | lehettél | lehetett | lehettünk | lehettetek | lehettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | leheték | lehetél | lehete | leheténk | lehetétek | lehetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lehet vala, lehetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | lehetendek or leendhetek |
lehetendesz or leendhetsz |
lehetend or leendhet |
lehetendünk or leendhetünk |
lehetendetek or leendhettek |
lehetendenek or leendhetnek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetnék | lehetnél | lehetne | lehetnénk | lehetnétek | lehetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lehetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lehessek | lehess or lehessél |
lehessen | lehessünk | lehessetek | lehessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lehetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (lehetni) | (lehetnem) | (lehetned) | (lehetnie) | (lehetnünk) | (lehetnetek) | (lehetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (lehetve / lehetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Expressions
See also edit
The seven sz-v stem verbs
| Indicative 1st-p. sg. |
eszem, iszom, hiszek, viszek, leszek, teszek, veszek |
Infinitive | enni, inni, hinni, vinni, lenni, tenni, venni | Pres. part. | evő, ivó, hívő, vivő, lévő/levő, tevő, vevő | |
| Past 1st p. sg. |
ettem, ittam, hittem, vittem, lettem, tettem, vettem |
Verbal nouns |
evés, ivás, (hivés,) vivés, levés, tevés, vevés | |||
| Imperative 1st-p. sg. |
egyek, igyak, higgyek, vigyek, legyek, tegyek, vegyek | Past 3rd sg. | evett, ivott, hitt, vitt, lett, tett, vett | Other nouns |
étel, ital, hitel, vitel, | (lét,) tétel, vétel |
| (obs./archaic | őn, —, hűn, vín, lőn, tőn, vőn) | — | lény, tény, vény | |||
References edit
- ^ Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ lesz 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.)
- ^ Section 69 of AkH.11, Section 68 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- lesz 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
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Lösche, from löschen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lesz m inan
- slag (hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material)
- Synonym: tłuczeń żużlowy
- (obsolete) shammy, suede
Declension edit
Declension of lesz
Derived terms edit
adjective
verb
- leszować impf
Related terms edit
verb
- lasować impf
Further reading edit
- lesz in Polish dictionaries at PWN