leken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.kə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -eːkən
  • Hyphenation: le‧ken

Etymology 1

Noun

leken

  1. plural of leek

Etymology 2

Verb

leken

  1. inflection of lijken:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

le- (“down; fully”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

Verb

leken

  1. (transitive, of machinery) to grease, to lubricate
  2. (transitive, of hair) to smarm (to flatten the hair, etc. with cream or grease)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to slap someone on the face

Conjugation

conjugation of leken
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. lekenek lekensz leken lekenünk lekentek lekennek
Def. lekenem lekened lekeni lekenjük lekenitek lekenik
2nd-p. o. lekenlek ―
Past Indef. lekentem lekentél lekent lekentünk lekentetek lekentek
Def. lekentem lekented lekente lekentük lekentétek lekenték
2nd-p. o. lekentelek ―
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. le fog kenni.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. lekenék lekenél lekene lekenénk lekenétek lekenének
Def. lekeném lekenéd lekené lekenénk lekenétek lekenék
2nd-p. o. lekenélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. leken vala, lekent vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. lekenendek lekenendesz lekenend lekenendünk lekenendetek lekenendenek
Def. lekenendem lekenended lekenendi lekenendjük lekenenditek lekenendik
2nd-p. o. lekenendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lekennék lekennél lekenne lekennénk lekennétek lekennének
Def. lekenném lekennéd lekenné lekennénk
(or lekennők) 		lekennétek lekennék
2nd-p. o. lekennélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lekent volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lekenjek lekenj or
lekenjél 		lekenjen lekenjünk lekenjetek lekenjenek
Def. lekenjem lekend or
lekenjed 		lekenje lekenjük lekenjétek lekenjék
2nd-p. o. lekenjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lekent légyen
Infinitive lekenni lekennem lekenned lekennie lekennünk lekennetek lekenniük
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
lekenés lekenő lekent lekenendő lekenve (lekenvén) lekenet
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).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ken le or le is ken.
potential conjugation of leken
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. lekenhetek lekenhetsz lekenhet lekenhetünk lekenhettek lekenhetnek
Def. lekenhetem lekenheted lekenheti lekenhetjük lekenhetitek lekenhetik
2nd-p. o. lekenhetlek ―
Past Indef. lekenhettem lekenhettél lekenhetett lekenhettünk lekenhettetek lekenhettek
Def. lekenhettem lekenhetted lekenhette lekenhettük lekenhettétek lekenhették
2nd-p. o. lekenhettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. lekenheték lekenhetél lekenhete lekenheténk lekenhetétek lekenhetének
Def. lekenhetém lekenhetéd lekenheté lekenheténk lekenhetétek lekenheték
2nd-p. o. lekenhetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lekenhet vala, lekenhetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. lekenhetendek
or lekenandhatok 		lekenhetendesz
or lekenandhatsz 		lekenhetend
or lekenandhat 		lekenhetendünk
or lekenandhatunk 		lekenhetendetek
or lekenandhattok 		lekenhetendenek
or lekenandhatnak
Def. lekenhetendem
or lekenandhatom 		lekenhetended
or lekenandhatod 		lekenhetendi
or lekenandhatja 		lekenhetendjük
or lekenandhatjuk 		lekenhetenditek
or lekenandhatjátok 		lekenhetendik
or lekenandhatják
2nd-p. o. lekenhetendelek
or lekenandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lekenhetnék lekenhetnél lekenhetne lekenhetnénk lekenhetnétek lekenhetnének
Def. lekenhetném lekenhetnéd lekenhetné lekenhetnénk
(or lekenhetnők) 		lekenhetnétek lekenhetnék
2nd-p. o. lekenhetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lekenhetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lekenhessek lekenhess or
lekenhessél 		lekenhessen lekenhessünk lekenhessetek lekenhessenek
Def. lekenhessem lekenhesd or
lekenhessed 		lekenhesse lekenhessük lekenhessétek lekenhessék
2nd-p. o. lekenhesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lekenhetett légyen
Inf. (lekenhetni) (lekenhetnem) (lekenhetned) (lekenhetnie) (lekenhetnünk) (lekenhetnetek) (lekenhetniük)
Positive adjective lekenhető Neg. adj. lekenhetetlen Adv. part. (lekenhetve / lekenhetvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem kenhet le or le is kenhet.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • leken 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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lekan, from Proto-West Germanic *lekan, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Verb

lēken

  1. to leak, to be leaky
  2. to leak away, to flow away (of a liquid)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: lekken
  • Limburgish: laeke

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

leken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of leke

leken m

  1. definite singular of lek

Swedish

Noun

leken

  1. definite singular of lek

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