elég

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • (adjective and adverb) Hyphenation: elég
  • (verb) Hyphenation: el‧ég
  • Rhymes: -eːɡ

Etymology 1

Adjective

elég (not comparable)

  1. enough, sufficient
    Synonym: elegendő
    Nincs sok vizünk, de egy napra biztosan elég.We don't have much water but it's certainly enough for a day.
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative elég elegek
accusative eleget elegeket
dative elégnek elegeknek
instrumental eléggel elegekkel
causal-final elégért elegekért
translative eléggé elegekké
terminative elégig elegekig
essive-formal elégként elegekként
essive-modal
inessive elégben elegekben
superessive elegen elegeken
adessive elégnél elegeknél
illative elégbe elegekbe
sublative elégre elegekre
allative eléghez elegekhez
elative elégből elegekből
delative elégről elegekről
ablative elégtől elegektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
elégé elegeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
elégéi elegekéi

Derived terms

Adverb

elég (not comparable)

  1. quite, rather, fairly
    Synonyms: eléggé, viszonylag, aránylag, meglehetősen
    Azok nagyon jók, de elég drágák.They are very good, but rather expensive.
Usage notes

Elég (as an adverb) can only be used with adjectives and adverbs (e.g. elég szép volt “it was quite nice”, elég hamar odaértem “I arrived there quite soon”). With verbs, eléggé is required (this latter can be used with adjectives and adverbs as well), e.g. eléggé megáztunk “we got soaked pretty much”.

Noun

elég

  1. Used in expressions with inflectional suffixes.
    elege vanto be fed up (literally, “to have enough”)
    eleget teszto satisfy, to fulfill, to comply with (literally, “to do enough”)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative elég elegek
accusative eleget elegeket
dative elégnek elegeknek
instrumental eléggel elegekkel
causal-final elégért elegekért
translative eléggé elegekké
terminative elégig elegekig
essive-formal elégként elegekként
essive-modal
inessive elégben elegekben
superessive elégen elegeken
adessive elégnél elegeknél
illative elégbe elegekbe
sublative elégre elegekre
allative eléghez elegekhez
elative elégből elegekből
delative elégről elegekről
ablative elégtől elegektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
elégé elegeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
elégéi elegekéi
Possessive forms of elég
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. elegem
2nd person sing. eleged
3rd person sing. elege
1st person plural elegünk
2nd person plural elegetek
3rd person plural elegük

Etymology 2

el- +‎ ég

Verb

elég

  1. (intransitive) to burn up (fully)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • (enough): elég 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
  • (to burn up): elég 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
  • elég in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).