legel

See also: Legel

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -el.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: le‧gel
Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

legel

(transitive, intransitive) to graze, to browse
- 1863, János Arany, translated by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247), Buda halála [Death of Buda]‎, canto 6:
  Értek vala éjszakára / Kur vizének a partjára; / Folyóvíznek partja mellett / Paripájok jól legelhet.
  They find themselves as daylight sinks / where Kur’s broad waters sweep and swell, / on meadows by the river-brinks / their weary steeds may pasture well.

Conjugation

conjugation of legel

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	legelek	legelsz	legel	legelünk	legeltek	legelnek
		Def.	legelem	legeled	legeli	legeljük	legelitek	legelik
		2nd-p. o.	legellek	―
	Past	Indef.	legeltem	legeltél	legelt	legeltünk	legeltetek	legeltek
		Def.	legeltem	legelted	legelte	legeltük	legeltétek	legelték
		2nd-p. o.	legeltelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. legelni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	legelék	legelél	legele	legelénk	legelétek	legelének
		Def.	legelém	legeléd	legelé	legelénk	legelétek	legelék
		2nd-p. o.	legelélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. legel vala, legelt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	legelendek	legelendesz	legelend	legelendünk	legelendetek	legelendenek
		Def.	legelendem	legelended	legelendi	legelendjük	legelenditek	legelendik
		2nd-p. o.	legelendelek	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	legelnék	legelnél	legelne	legelnénk	legelnétek	legelnének
		Def.	legelném	legelnéd	legelné	legelnénk (or legelnők)	legelnétek	legelnék
		2nd-p. o.	legelnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. legelt volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	legeljek	legelj or legeljél	legeljen	legeljünk	legeljetek	legeljenek
		Def.	legeljem	legeld or legeljed	legelje	legeljük	legeljétek	legeljék
		2nd-p. o.	legeljelek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. legelt légyen
Infinitive	legelni		legelnem	legelned	legelnie	legelnünk	legelnetek	legelniük
Other forms	legelés		legelő	legelt	legelendő	legelve (legelvén)		legeltet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of legel

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	legelhetek	legelhetsz	legelhet	legelhetünk	legelhettek	legelhetnek
		Def.	legelhetem	legelheted	legelheti	legelhetjük	legelhetitek	legelhetik
		2nd-p. o.	legelhetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	legelhettem	legelhettél	legelhetett	legelhettünk	legelhettetek	legelhettek
		Def.	legelhettem	legelhetted	legelhette	legelhettük	legelhettétek	legelhették
		2nd-p. o.	legelhettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	legelheték	legelhetél	legelhete	legelheténk	legelhetétek	legelhetének
		Def.	legelhetém	legelhetéd	legelheté	legelheténk	legelhetétek	legelheték
		2nd-p. o.	legelhetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. legelhet vala, legelhetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	legelhetendek or legelandhatok	legelhetendesz or legelandhatsz	legelhetend or legelandhat	legelhetendünk or legelandhatunk	legelhetendetek or legelandhattok	legelhetendenek or legelandhatnak
		Def.	legelhetendem or legelandhatom	legelhetended or legelandhatod	legelhetendi or legelandhatja	legelhetendjük or legelandhatjuk	legelhetenditek or legelandhatjátok	legelhetendik or legelandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	legelhetendelek or legelandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	legelhetnék	legelhetnél	legelhetne	legelhetnénk	legelhetnétek	legelhetnének
		Def.	legelhetném	legelhetnéd	legelhetné	legelhetnénk (or legelhetnők)	legelhetnétek	legelhetnék
		2nd-p. o.	legelhetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. legelhetett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	legelhessek	legelhess or legelhessél	legelhessen	legelhessünk	legelhessetek	legelhessenek
		Def.	legelhessem	legelhesd or legelhessed	legelhesse	legelhessük	legelhessétek	legelhessék
		2nd-p. o.	legelhesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. legelhetett légyen
Inf.	(legelhetni)		(legelhetnem)	(legelhetned)	(legelhetnie)	(legelhetnünk)	(legelhetnetek)	(legelhetniük)
Positive adjective			legelhető	Neg. adj.	legelhetetlen	Adv. part.	(legelhetve / legelhetvén)

Derived terms

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References

^ legel 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.)

Slovene

Participle

lẹ́gəł

masculine singular l-participle of lẹ́či

[1] legel 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.)

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legel

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