legyint
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlegyint
- (intransitive) to wave hand (e.g. to indicate hopelessness or uninterest)
- (transitive) to slap, to bop (to strike lightly with the palm of the hand)
- arcul legyint ― to lightly slap someone's face
Conjugation
editconjugation of legyint
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | legyintek | legyintesz | legyint | legyintünk | legyintetek | legyintenek | |
Def. | legyintem | legyinted | legyinti | legyintjük | legyintitek | legyintik | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintelek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | legyintettem | legyintettél | legyintett | legyintettünk | legyintettetek | legyintettek | ||
Def. | legyintettem | legyintetted | legyintette | legyintettük | legyintettétek | legyintették | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintettelek | ― | |||||||
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. legyinteni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | legyinték | legyintél | legyinte | legyinténk | legyintétek | legyintének | ||
Def. | legyintém | legyintéd | legyinté | legyinténk | legyintétek | legyinték | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. legyint vala, legyintett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | legyintendek | legyintendesz | legyintend | legyintendünk | legyintendetek | legyintendenek | ||
Def. | legyintendem | legyintended | legyintendi | legyintendjük | legyintenditek | legyintendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | legyintenék | legyintenél | legyintene | legyintenénk | legyintenétek | legyintenének | |
Def. | legyinteném | legyintenéd | legyintené | legyintenénk (or legyintenők) |
legyintenétek | legyintenék | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintenélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. legyintett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | legyintsek | legyints or legyintsél |
legyintsen | legyintsünk | legyintsetek | legyintsenek | |
Def. | legyintsem | legyintsd or legyintsed |
legyintse | legyintsük | legyintsétek | legyintsék | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyintselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. legyintett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | legyinteni | legyintenem | legyintened | legyintenie | legyintenünk | legyintenetek | legyinteniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
legyintés | legyintő | legyintett | legyintendő | legyintve (legyintvén) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of legyint
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | legyinthetek | legyinthetsz | legyinthet | legyinthetünk | legyinthettek | legyinthetnek | |
Def. | legyinthetem | legyintheted | legyintheti | legyinthetjük | legyinthetitek | legyinthetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | legyinthettem | legyinthettél | legyinthetett | legyinthettünk | legyinthettetek | legyinthettek | ||
Def. | legyinthettem | legyinthetted | legyinthette | legyinthettük | legyinthettétek | legyinthették | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | legyintheték | legyinthetél | legyinthete | legyintheténk | legyinthetétek | legyinthetének | ||
Def. | legyinthetém | legyinthetéd | legyintheté | legyintheténk | legyinthetétek | legyintheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. legyinthet vala, legyinthetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | legyinthetendek or legyintandhatok |
legyinthetendesz or legyintandhatsz |
legyinthetend or legyintandhat |
legyinthetendünk or legyintandhatunk |
legyinthetendetek or legyintandhattok |
legyinthetendenek or legyintandhatnak | ||
Def. | legyinthetendem or legyintandhatom |
legyinthetended or legyintandhatod |
legyinthetendi or legyintandhatja |
legyinthetendjük or legyintandhatjuk |
legyinthetenditek or legyintandhatjátok |
legyinthetendik or legyintandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthetendelek or legyintandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | legyinthetnék | legyinthetnél | legyinthetne | legyinthetnénk | legyinthetnétek | legyinthetnének | |
Def. | legyinthetném | legyinthetnéd | legyinthetné | legyinthetnénk (or legyinthetnők) |
legyinthetnétek | legyinthetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. legyinthetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | legyinthessek | legyinthess or legyinthessél |
legyinthessen | legyinthessünk | legyinthessetek | legyinthessenek | |
Def. | legyinthessem | legyinthesd or legyinthessed |
legyinthesse | legyinthessük | legyinthessétek | legyinthessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | legyinthesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. legyinthetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (legyinthetni) | (legyinthetnem) | (legyinthetned) | (legyinthetnie) | (legyinthetnünk) | (legyinthetnetek) | (legyinthetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | legyinthető | Neg. adj. | legyinthetetlen | Adv. part. | (legyinthetve / legyinthetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ legyint 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- legyint 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