legyint
Hungarian
Etymology
légy + -int[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛɟint]
- Hyphenation: le‧gyint
- Rhymes: -int
Verb
legyint
- (intransitive) to wave hand (e.g. to indicate hopelessness or uninterest)
- (transitive) to slap, to bop (to strike lightly with the palm of the hand)
- arcul legyint ― to lightly slap someone's face
Conjugation
conjugation of legyint
| 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. | legyintek | legyintesz | legyint | legyintünk | legyintetek | legyintenek |
| Def. | legyintem | legyinted | legyinti | legyintjük | legyintitek | legyintik | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | legyintelek | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | legyintettem | legyintettél | legyintett | legyintettünk | legyintettetek | legyintettek | |
| Def. | legyintettem | legyintetted | legyintette | legyintettük | legyintettétek | legyintették | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | legyintettelek | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | legyintenék | legyintenél | legyintene | legyintenénk | legyintenétek | legyintenének |
| Def. | legyinteném | legyintenéd | legyintené | legyintenénk (or legyintenők) | legyintenétek | legyintenék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | legyintenélek | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | legyintsek | legyints or legyintsél | legyintsen | legyintsünk | legyintsetek | legyintsenek |
| Def. | legyintsem | legyintsd or legyintsed | legyintse | legyintsük | legyintsétek | legyintsék | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | legyintselek | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | legyinteni | legyintenem | legyintened | legyintenie | legyintenünk | legyintenetek | legyinteniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| legyintés | legyintő | legyintett | legyintendő | legyintve | legyinthet | |||
Derived terms
- legyintés
(With verbal prefixes):
- meglegyint
- rálegyint
Related terms
- legyez
References
- legyint 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
- legyint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN