lesz
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- lösz (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *le- (“to be, exist, live; will be”, compare Proto-Finnic *leedäk)[1] + -sz ([now obsolete] frequentative suffix; see its entry for more).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛsː], [ˈlɛs] (long before a vowel or at the end of a sentence; short before a consonant)[3]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsː, -ɛs
Verb
lesz
- future of van (“to be”): will be
- (intransitive, copulative) to become, get, turn into (out of someone or something: -ból/-ből; into something, achieving a state: nominative or [less commonly] -vá/-vé)
- (intransitive) to come into being, come to be, get (to have) (as if due to external circumstances)
- Synonym: adódik
- Lett egy kutyánk. ― We got a dog.
- Lett egy új állásom. ― I got a new job.
- (intransitive, copulative) to occur, come to pass, come about, happen, come into being, take place, befall (with -val/-vel)
- Synonym: történik
- Mi lett vele, miután elküldték? ― What happened to him after he was dismissed?
- must be, have to be (expressing probability or logical necessity)
Conjugation
conjugation of lesz
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. | leszek | leszel | lesz | leszünk | lesztek | lesznek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | lettem | lettél | lett | lettünk | lettetek | lettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
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. lenni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | levék or lők | levél or lől | leve or lőn | levénk or lőnk | levétek or lőtök | levének or lőnek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lesz vala, lett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | leendek | leendesz | leend | leendünk | leendetek | leendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lennék | lennél | lenne | lennénk | lennétek | lennének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | legyek | legyél | legyen | legyünk | legyetek | legyenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | lenni | lennem | lenned | lennie | lennünk | lennetek | lenniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
levés or lét |
levő | lett | leendő | léve (lévén) | |||||
potential conjugation of lesz
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetek | lehetsz | lehet | lehetünk | lehettek | lehetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | lehettem | lehettél | lehetett | lehettünk | lehettetek | lehettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | leheték | lehetél | lehete | leheténk | lehetétek | lehetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lehet vala, lehetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | lehetendek or leendhetek |
lehetendesz or leendhetsz |
lehetend or leendhet |
lehetendünk or leendhetünk |
lehetendetek or leendhettek |
lehetendenek or leendhetnek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetnék | lehetnél | lehetne | lehetnénk | lehetnétek | lehetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lehetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lehessek | lehess or lehessél |
lehessen | lehessünk | lehessetek | lehessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lehetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (lehetni) | (lehetnem) | (lehetned) | (lehetnie) | (lehetnünk) | (lehetnetek) | (lehetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (lehetve / lehetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
- ellesz
- kilesz
- meglesz
- odalesz
Expressions
- kutyából nem lesz szalonna
- legyen neki koporsószegre
- lesz, ami lesz
- miből lesz a cserebogár
- nem lesz belőle énekes halott
See also
The seven sz-v stem verbs
Indicative 1st-p. sg. |
eszem, iszom, hiszek, viszek, leszek, teszek, veszek |
Infinitive | enni, inni, hinni, vinni, lenni, tenni, venni | Pres. part. | evő, ivó, hívő, vivő, lévő/levő, tevő, vevő | |
Past 1st p. sg. |
ettem, ittam, hittem, vittem, lettem, tettem, vettem |
Verbal nouns |
evés, ivás, (hivés,) vivés, levés, tevés, vevés | |||
Imperative 1st-p. sg. |
egyek, igyak, higgyek, vigyek, legyek, tegyek, vegyek | Past 3rd sg. | evett, ivott, hitt, vitt, lett, tett, vett | Other nouns |
étel, ital, hitel, vitel, | (lét,) tétel, vétel |
(obs./archaic | őn, —, hűn, vín, lőn, tőn, vőn) | — | lény, tény, vény |
References
- Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- lesz 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.)
- Section 69 of AkH.11, Section 68 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading
- lesz 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
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛʂ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʂ
- Syllabification: lesz
- Homophone: leż
Noun
lesz m inan
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- leszowy
verb
- leszować impf
Further reading
- lesz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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