-leg
See also: leg, lég, lèg, leg-, and leg.
Catalan
Etymology
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Suffix
-leg m (feminine -loga, masculine plural -legs, feminine plural -logues)
- -logist
Derived terms
Catalan terms suffixed with -leg
Related terms
- -logia
Further reading
- “-leg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “-leg”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “-leg” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Hungarian
Etymology
See at -lag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɛɡ]
Suffix
-leg
- (adverb-forming suffix) -ly. Added to a word to form an adverb. Today it is mainly used with adjectives suffixed with -i and present participles. In the past, it was added to different parts of speech.
- valószínű (“probable”) → valószínűleg (“probably”)
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It is no longer productive in this role.
- mér (“to measure”) → mérleg (“scale”)
- (frequentative verb-forming suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.
- szédeleg (“to feel dizzy”)
Usage notes
- (adverb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -lag is added to back vowel words
- -leg is added to front vowel words
- (frequentative verb-forming suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants and alternative forms:
- -log is added to back vowel words
- -leg is added to unrounded front vowel words
- -lög is added to rounded front vowel words
- -lyog is added to back vowel words
- -lyeg is added to unrounded front vowel words
- -lyög is added to rounded front vowel words
Declension
(noun-forming suffix):
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -leg | -legek |
| accusative | -leget | -legeket |
| dative | -legnek | -legeknek |
| instrumental | -leggel | -legekkel |
| causal-final | -legért | -legekért |
| translative | -leggé | -legekké |
| terminative | -legig | -legekig |
| essive-formal | -legként | -legekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -legben | -legekben |
| superessive | -legen | -legeken |
| adessive | -legnél | -legeknél |
| illative | -legbe | -legekbe |
| sublative | -legre | -legekre |
| allative | -leghez | -legekhez |
| elative | -legből | -legekből |
| delative | -legről | -legekről |
| ablative | -legtől | -legektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | -legé | -legeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | -legéi | -legekéi |
| Possessive forms of -leg | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -legem | -legeim |
| 2nd person sing. | -leged | -legeid |
| 3rd person sing. | -lege | -legei |
| 1st person plural | -legünk | -legeink |
| 2nd person plural | -legetek | -legeitek |
| 3rd person plural | -legük | -legeik |
(frequentative verb-forming suffix):
conjugation of -leg
| 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. | -lgek | -legsz | -leg | -lgünk | -legtek | -legnek |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | -legtem | -legtél | -lgett | -legtünk | -legtetek | -legtek | |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | -legnék | -legnél | -legne | -legnénk | -legnétek | -legnének |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | -legjek | -legj or -legjél | -legjen | -legjünk | -legjetek | -legjenek |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Infinitive | -legni | -legnem | -legned | -legnie | -legnünk | -legnetek | -legniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| -lgés | -lgő | -lgett | ― | -legve | -leghet | |||
Derived terms
Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -leg
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -leg
Hungarian verbs suffixed with -leg
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- -leg 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.)
Icelandic
Suffix
-leg
- inflection of -legur:
- feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (former reform[s] only): -lig
Etymology
From Old Norse -ligr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-leː(ɡ)/, /-lɛ(ɡ)/
Suffix
-leg (indefinite singular -leg, definite singular and plural -lege, comparative -legare, indefinite superlative -legast, definite superlative -legaste)
- -ly
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -leg
References
- “-leg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.