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Hungarian
Etymology
eset (“case, occurrence, happening”) + -leg (“-ly”, adverb-forming suffix). Compare Polish przypadkiem.
Pronunciation
Adverb
esetleg (not comparable)
- maybe, perchance, roughly, with a verb happen to
- Synonym: talán
Further reading
- esetleg 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
- esetleg 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).