lég
Hungarian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [ˈleːɡ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːɡ
Noun
lég (usually uncountable, plural légek or legek)
- air, atmosphere
- air-, aerial (in compound words)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Compound words
References
- 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
- 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
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l͈ʲeːɣ/
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