légyen
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Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the noun légy (“fly”) + -en (case suffix).
Alternative forms[edit]
- legyen (somewhat folksy in this sense)
Noun[edit]
légyen
Etymology 2[edit]
From the shared stem of van (“to be”) and lesz (“to become; will be”) + -jen.
Verb[edit]
légyen
- Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of van.
- Alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of lesz.
Usage notes[edit]
Although this form variant is archaic, it still occurs in a concessive (subjunctive) sense (“whether he/she/it be”), especially in the past tense, mainly in the phrase lett légyen (“whether he/she/it were”) (occasionally also applied to the present) and rarely combined with other verbs (examples).