Shortened from old Hungarian levegő ég (air) (attested in 1636). First attested in 1813. Created by Ferenc Kazinczy during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]
lég (usually uncountable, plural légek or legek)
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lég | légek |
| accusative | léget | légeket |
| dative | légnek | légeknek |
| instrumental | léggel | légekkel |
| causal-final | légért | légekért |
| translative | léggé | légekké |
| terminative | légig | légekig |
| essive-formal | légként | légekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | légben | légekben |
| superessive | légen | légeken |
| adessive | légnél | légeknél |
| illative | légbe | légekbe |
| sublative | légre | légekre |
| allative | léghez | légekhez |
| elative | légből | légekből |
| delative | légről | légekről |
| ablative | légtől | légektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
légé | légeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
légéi | légekéi |
| Possessive forms of lég | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | légem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | léged | — |
| 3rd person sing. | lége | — |
| 1st person plural | légünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | légetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | légük | — |
or
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lég | legek |
| accusative | leget | legeket |
| dative | légnek | legeknek |
| instrumental | léggel | legekkel |
| causal-final | légért | legekért |
| translative | léggé | legekké |
| terminative | légig | legekig |
| essive-formal | légként | legekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | légben | legekben |
| superessive | légen | legeken |
| adessive | légnél | legeknél |
| illative | légbe | legekbe |
| sublative | légre | legekre |
| allative | léghez | legekhez |
| elative | légből | legekből |
| delative | légről | legekről |
| ablative | légtől | legektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
légé | legeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
légéi | legekéi |
| Possessive forms of lég | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | legem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | leged | — |
| 3rd person sing. | lege | — |
| 1st person plural | legünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | legetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | legük | — |
·lég
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| lég also llég after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
lég pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.