lenge

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See also: Lenge, leŋge, and lëngë

Hungarian

Etymology

From leng (to swing, sway) +‎ -e (obsolete participle suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lenge (comparative lengébb, superlative leglengébb)

  1. airy, flimsy, gossamer, gauzy, tenuous, insubstantial, ethereal

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lenge lengék
accusative lengét lengéket
dative lengének lengéknek
instrumental lengével lengékkel
causal-final lengéért lengékért
translative lengévé lengékké
terminative lengéig lengékig
essive-formal lengeként lengékként
essive-modal
inessive lengében lengékben
superessive lengén lengéken
adessive lengénél lengéknél
illative lengébe lengékbe
sublative lengére lengékre
allative lengéhez lengékhez
elative lengéből lengékből
delative lengéről lengékről
ablative lengétől lengéktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
lengéé lengéké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
lengééi lengékéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ lenge in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

  1. long, for a long time
    for lenge - for long, too long
    for lenge siden - a long time ago
    lenge (som) - as long as

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lɛnʝə/, /²lɛŋɡə/, /²lɛŋːə/

Adverb

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

  1. for long
    No har me vore her lenge.
    We have been here for long now.

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

lenġe

  1. inflection of lenġu:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular