lesz

Hungarian

Alternative forms

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]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsː, -ɛs

Verb

lesz

  1. future of van (to be): will be
  2. (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)
    Synonyms: válik, változik, átváltozik, alakul, átalakul, fordul
    Az ebihalból béka lesz.The tadpole turns into a frog. (literally, “Out of the tadpole [a] frog becomes.”)
  3. (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.
  4. (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?
  5. must be, have to be (expressing probability or logical necessity)
    Synonyms: (adverbs) biztos, biztosan
    Ez a postás lesz.It must be the postman.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • ellesz
  • kilesz
  • meglesz
  • odalesz
Expressions

See also

The seven sz-v stem verbs
  • eszik (“to eat”)
  • iszik (“to drink”)
  • hisz (“to believe, think”)
  • visz (“to take, carry”)
  • lesz (“to become; will be”)

  • tesz (“to do; to put”)
  • vesz (“to take, get, grab, buy”)
Indicative
1st-p. sg.
eszemiszom,
hiszekviszek, leszekteszekveszek
Infinitive enni, inni, hinni, vinni, lenni, tenni, venni Pres. part. evő, ivó, hí, vivő, lé/levő, tevő, vevő
Past
1st p. sg.
ettem, ittam, hittem, vittem,
lettem, tettem, vettem
Verbal
nouns
evésivás(hivés,) vivés,
levéstevésvevés
Imperative
1st-p. sg.
egyekigyakhiggyekvigyek, legyektegyekvegyek Past 3rd sg. evett, ivott, hitt, vitt, lett, tett, vett Other
nouns
ételitalhitelvitel (lét,) tételvétel
(obs./archaic  őn, —, hűn, vín, lőn, tőn, vőn) lénytényvény

References

  1. Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. 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.)
  3. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lösche, from löschen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛʂ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʂ
  • Syllabification: lesz
  • Homophone: leż

Noun

lesz m inan

  1. slag (hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material)
    Synonym: tłuczeń żużlowy
  2. (obsolete) shammy, suede
    Synonyms: ircha, zamsz

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • leszowy
verb
  • leszować impf
verb

Further reading

  • lesz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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