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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root resembling flowing, swinging, oscillating movement + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lebeg
- (intransitive) to float (in the air)
- Synonym: úszik (“to float, especially in water”, also: “to swim”)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of lebeg
| Click for archaic forms | 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. | lebegek | lebegsz | lebeg | lebegünk | lebegtek | lebegnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | lebegtem | lebegtél | lebegett | lebegtünk | lebegtetek | lebegtek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lebegni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lebegék | lebegél | lebege | lebegénk | lebegétek | lebegének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lebeg vala, lebegett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | lebegendek | lebegendesz | lebegend | lebegendünk | lebegendetek | lebegendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lebegnék | lebegnél | lebegne | lebegnénk | lebegnétek | lebegnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lebegett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lebegjek | lebegj or lebegjél |
lebegjen | lebegjünk | lebegjetek | lebegjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lebegett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | lebegni | lebegnem | lebegned | lebegnie | lebegnünk | lebegnetek | lebegniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| lebegés | lebegő | lebegett | ― | lebegve (lebegvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of lebeg
| Click for archaic forms | 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. | lebeghetek | lebeghetsz | lebeghet | lebeghetünk | lebeghettek | lebeghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | lebeghettem | lebeghettél | lebeghetett | lebeghettünk | lebeghettetek | lebeghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lebegheték | lebeghetél | lebeghete | lebegheténk | lebeghetétek | lebeghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lebeghet vala, lebeghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | lebeghetendek or lebegandhatok |
lebeghetendesz or lebegandhatsz |
lebeghetend or lebegandhat |
lebeghetendünk or lebegandhatunk |
lebeghetendetek or lebegandhattok |
lebeghetendenek or lebegandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lebeghetnék | lebeghetnél | lebeghetne | lebeghetnénk | lebeghetnétek | lebeghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lebeghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lebeghessek | lebeghess or lebeghessél |
lebeghessen | lebeghessünk | lebeghessetek | lebeghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lebeghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (lebeghetni) | (lebeghetnem) | (lebeghetned) | (lebeghetnie) | (lebeghetnünk) | (lebeghetnetek) | (lebeghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (lebeghetve / lebeghetvén) | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
With verbal prefixes
References[edit]
- ^ lebeg 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.)
- ^ lebeg in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- lebeg 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