légyen
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the noun légy (“fly”) + -en (case suffix).
Alternative forms
edit- legyen (somewhat folksy in this sense)
Noun
editlégyen
Etymology 2
editFrom the shared stem of van (“to be”) and lesz (“to become; will be”) + -jen.
Verb
editlégyen
- Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of van.
- Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of lesz.
Usage notes
editAlthough this form variant is archaic, it still occurs in a concessive (subjunctive) sense (“whether he/she/it be”), especially in the past tense, mainly in the phrase lett légyen (“whether he/she/it were”) (occasionally also applied to the present) and rarely combined with other verbs (examples).