levan
English edit
Noun edit
levan (usually uncountable, plural levans)
- A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.
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Etymology edit
Probably from Late Latin levāmen, for levāmentum, from Latin levō. Compare French levain, Occitan levam, Romansch levon, levànt, lavamaint, Venetian levà.
Noun edit
levan m (plural levans)
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levan
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
levan
- (intransitive, rare, informal, of some job to be completed) to be ready, done (one has gotten over it successfully)
Usage notes edit
It is not to be confused with phrases like le van tiltva (“it has been blocked/disabled”), where van is pronounced unstressed (together with le) exactly like levan. In these phrases, le is part of a split adverbial participle (here letiltva from letilt); see more about it at -va/-ve.
Conjugation edit
It is usually used in present tense and third-person forms only.
conjugation of levan
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
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Indicative Mood | Present | Indefinite | levagyok | levagy | levan | levagyunk | levagytok | levannak |
Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | levoltam | levoltál | levolt | levoltunk | levoltatok | levoltak | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Future | Indefinite | leleszek | leleszel | lelesz | leleszünk | lelesztek | lelesznek | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Conditional Mood | Present | Indefinite | lelennék or levolnék |
lelennél or levolnál |
lelenne or levolna |
lelennénk or levolnánk |
lelennétek or levolnátok |
lelennének or levolnának |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | lelettem volna | lelettél volna | lelett volna | lelettünk volna | lelettetek volna | lelettek volna | |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive Mood | Present | Indefinite | lelegyek | lelégy or lelegyél |
lelegyen | lelegyünk | lelegyetek | lelegyenek |
Definite | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | lelenni | lelennem | lelenned | lelennie | lelennünk | lelennetek | lelenniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
lelét | lelevő or lelévő | levolt | leleendő | leléve or lelévén | lelehet |
Further reading edit
- levan 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
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levan
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levan (Cyrillic spelling леван)
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levan