lék
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech lék, from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
lék m inan
- medicine, cure, drug
- Synonyms: medicína, medikament, farmakum
- volně prodejný lék ― over-the-counter drug
- lék na předpis ― prescription drug
- lék proti bolesti ― painkiller
Declension
Related terms
adjectives
nouns
verb
See also
Further reading
- “lék”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “lék”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “lék”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *lekka- (“gap, tear, crack; to cut, cleave”).[1][2]
Noun
lék (plural lékek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lék | lékek |
| accusative | léket | lékeket |
| dative | léknek | lékeknek |
| instrumental | lékkel | lékekkel |
| causal-final | lékért | lékekért |
| translative | lékké | lékekké |
| terminative | lékig | lékekig |
| essive-formal | lékként | lékekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lékben | lékekben |
| superessive | léken | lékeken |
| adessive | léknél | lékeknél |
| illative | lékbe | lékekbe |
| sublative | lékre | lékekre |
| allative | lékhez | lékekhez |
| elative | lékből | lékekből |
| delative | lékről | lékekről |
| ablative | léktől | lékektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
léké | lékeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
lékéi | lékekéi |
| Possessive forms of lék | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lékem | lékeim |
| 2nd person sing. | léked | lékeid |
| 3rd person sing. | léke | lékei |
| 1st person plural | lékünk | lékeink |
| 2nd person plural | léketek | lékeitek |
| 3rd person plural | lékük | lékeik |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
lé (“juice”) + -k (plural suffix)
Noun
lék
- (proscribed) Alternative form of levek, nominative plural of lé
References
- ^ Entry #471 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ lék 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
- lék 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
Old Norse
Verb
lék