-lek

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (first-person singular personal suffix).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-lek

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
    ‎keres (“to look for”) + ‎-lek → ‎kereslek (“I am looking for you”)

Usage notes

  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
Person
(subject)

Verb ending

Back vowel Front vowel 2nd-person object
(informal “you”)
  singular   plural
 én 
(“I”) 		most types -lak -lek téged titeket /
benneteket
two consonants
or long vowel + t 		-alak -elek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their
plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

See also

References

  1. ^ -lek 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.)

Maltese

Etymology

lil +‎ -k

Pronunciation

Suffix

-lek

  1. to you (singular)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.

Suffix

-lek c

  1. used to create nouns from adjectives.

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -lek

References

  • -leik in Svensk Etymologisk Ordbok.
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