légyen

See also: legyen and legyén

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈleːɟɛn]
  • Hyphenation: lé‧gyen

Etymology 1

From the noun légy (fly) + -en (case suffix).

Alternative forms

  • legyen (somewhat folksy in this sense)

Noun

légyen

  1. superessive singular of légy

Etymology 2

From the shared stem of van (to be) and lesz (to become; will be) + -jen.

Verb

légyen

  1. Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of van.
  2. Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of lesz.
Usage notes

Although 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).

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