légy
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légy
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lᴕńćɜ (“horsefly, fly”). Cognates include Udmurt лузь (luź).[1][2]
Noun
légy (plural legyek)
- fly (insect)
Declension
| Inflection of légy | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | légy | legyek |
| accusative | legyet | legyeket |
| dative | légynek | legyeknek |
| instrumental | léggyel | legyekkel |
| causal-final | légyért | legyekért |
| translative | léggyé | legyekké |
| terminative | légyig | legyekig |
| essive-formal | légyként | legyekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | légyben | legyekben |
| superessive | légyen (legyen) |
legyeken |
| adessive | légynél | legyeknél |
| illative | légybe | legyekbe |
| sublative | légyre | legyekre |
| allative | légyhez | legyekhez |
| elative | légyből | legyekből |
| delative | légyről | legyekről |
| ablative | légytől | legyektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
légyé | legyeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
légyéi | legyekéi |
| Possessive forms of légy | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | legyem | legyeim |
| 2nd person sing. | legyed | legyeid |
| 3rd person sing. | legye | legyei |
| 1st person plural | legyünk | legyeink |
| 2nd person plural | legyetek | legyeitek |
| 3rd person plural | legyük | legyeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Etymology 2
From the shared stem of van (“to be”) and lesz (“to become; will be”) + -j (suffix forming the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs).
Alternative forms
Verb
légy
- second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of van
- Légy jó mindhalálig ― Be Faithful Unto Death (1920, a novel by Zsigmond Móricz)
- second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of lesz
Derived terms
References
- ^ Entry #501 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ légy 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.)
Further reading
- légy 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