-lék

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See also: lek, Lek, lék, lęk, and -lek

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1456. From -l (verb-forming suffix) +‎ -ék (noun-forming suffix). Originally, it was mainly connected to verbs, but language reformers created new words with it regardless of the part of the root word (e.g. százalék).[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-lék

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb or other parts of speech to form a noun.
    mos (to wash) + ‎-lék → ‎moslék (swill)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lék is added to some back-vowel words
    -alék is added to back-vowel words
    -elék is added to front-vowel words

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -lék -lékok
accusative -lékot -lékokat
dative -léknak -lékoknak
instrumental -lékkal -lékokkal
causal-final -lékért -lékokért
translative -lékká -lékokká
terminative -lékig -lékokig
essive-formal -lékként -lékokként
essive-modal -lékul
inessive -lékban -lékokban
superessive -lékon -lékokon
adessive -léknál -lékoknál
illative -lékba -lékokba
sublative -lékra -lékokra
allative -lékhoz -lékokhoz
elative -lékból -lékokból
delative -lékról -lékokról
ablative -léktól -lékoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-léké -lékoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-lékéi -lékokéi
Possessive forms of -lék
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -lékom -lékaim, -lékjaim
2nd person sing. -lékod -lékaid, -lékjaid
3rd person sing. -léka, -lékja -lékai, -lékjai
1st person plural -lékunk -lékaink, -lékjaink
2nd person plural -lékotok -lékaitok, -lékjaitok
3rd person plural -lékuk, -lékjuk -lékaik, -lékjaik

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ -lék 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.)