lesz
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- lösz (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *le- (“to be, exist, live; will be”, compare Proto-Finnic *leedäk)[1] + -sz ([now obsolete] frequentative suffix; see its entry for more).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛsː], [ˈlɛs] (long before a vowel or at the end of a sentence; short before a consonant)[3]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsː, -ɛs
Verb
lesz
- future of van (“to be”): will be
- (intransitive, copulative) to become, get, turn into (out of someone or something: -ból/-ből; into something, achieving a state: nominative or [less commonly] -vá/-vé)
- Synonyms: válik, változik, átváltozik, alakul, átalakul, fordul
- Az ebihalból béka lesz. ― The tadpole turns into a frog. (literally, “Out of the tadpole [a] frog becomes.”)
- (intransitive, copulative) to occur, come to pass, come about, happen, come into being, take place, befall (with -val/-vel)
- Synonym: történik
- Mi lett vele, miután elküldték? ― What happened to him after he was dismissed?
- must be, have to be (expressing probability or logical necessity)
- Ez a postás lesz. ― It must be the postman.
- Synonyms: (adverbs) biztos, biztosan
Conjugation
conjugation of lesz
| 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. | leszek | leszel | lesz | leszünk | lesztek | lesznek |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | lettem | lettél | lett | lettünk | lettetek | lettek | |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | lennék | lennél | lenne | lennénk | lennétek | lennének |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | legyek | légy or legyél | legyen | legyünk | legyetek | legyenek |
| Def. | ― | |||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
| Infinitive | lenni | lennem | lenned | lennie | lennünk | lennetek | lenniük | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| levés | levő | lett | ― | léve | lehet | |||
Derived terms
- lehet
- lehetetlen
- lény
- lőn
With verbal prefixes
- ellesz
- kilesz
- meglesz
- odalesz
Expressions
- kutyából nem lesz szalonna
- legyen neki koporsószegre
- lesz, ami lesz
- miből lesz a cserebogár
- nem lesz belőle énekes halott
References
- Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- lesz 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.)
- Section 69 of AkH.11, Section 68 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading
- lesz 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
Anagrams
- szel
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Lösche, from löschen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛʂ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʂ
- Syllabification: lesz
Noun
lesz m inan
- slag (hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material)
- Synonym: tłuczeń żużlowy
- (obsolete) shammy, suede
- Synonyms: ircha, zamsz
Declension
Declension of lesz
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | lesz |
| genitive | leszu |
| dative | leszowi |
| accusative | lesz |
| instrumental | leszem |
| locative | leszu |
| vocative | leszu |
Derived terms
adjective
- leszowy
verb
- leszować impf
Related terms
verb
- lasować impf
Further reading
- lesz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lesz in Polish dictionaries at PWN