-lek
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lek"
Hungarian
Etymology
From -l (frequentative suffix) + -e- (linking vowel) + -k (first-person singular personal suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɛk]
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Suffix
-lek
- (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
| Person (subject) |
Verb ending |
Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| én (“I”) |
most types | -lak | -lek | téged | titeket / benneteket |
| two consonants or long vowel + t |
-alak | -elek | |||
| When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. | |||||
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- ^ -lek 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.)
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (English-based) IPA(key): [-lɛk̚]
- (Standard Literary) IPA(key): [-lek̚]
- Hyphenation: -lek
Suffix
-lek (Jawi spelling -ليک)
- -lect
- sosiolek ― sociolect
Derived terms
See also
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛk/
Suffix
-lek
- to you (singular)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.
Suffix
-lek c
- used to create nouns from adjectives.
Derived terms
References
- -lek in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)