See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Prefix
le-
- (verbal prefix) indicates actions with downward direction, either figuratively or literally.
- esik (“to fall”) → leesik (“to fall down”)
- ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to sit down”)
- néz (“to look”) → lenéz (“to look down at (someone/something); to look down on (someone), to hold someone in contempt”)
- vezet (“to drive”) → levezet (“to drive down to (a town, a destination); to deduce something”)
- beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to dissuade”)
- (verbal prefix) indicates perfection
- (verbal prefix) indicates the repeated or continuous performance of an action until something's depleted, exhausted, etc.
- beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to exhaust (something, usually one's phone credit) by talking”)
- vásárol (“to buy”) → levásárol (“to claim (a coupon, etc.) and use up”)
- dolgozik (“to work”) → ledolgoz (“to work off (extra pounds); to work until one has the necessary amount of work hours because of substitutions, shift changes, holidays, etc.”)
- ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to convert financial penalty into time spent in jail instead of paying”)
See also
See also
References
Volapük
Prefix
le-
- An augmentative prefix.
- Used to denote a quality of greatness.
- For adjectives: an intensifier.
Antonyms
- -il (a diminutive suffix)
- -ül (morpheme indicates young or offspring, e.g. pijunül, "squab", kvilül, "eaglet", berül, "bear cub" ; suffix that can show endearment or affection (often combining the idea of diminutiveness), e.g. fatül, "dad, daddy", lemotül, "grandma", cilül, "kid, kiddie", Samül, "Sam, Sammy", diabül, "imp, demon", gladül, "ice cube", vamül "lukewarmness")