lel
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Miscellaneously substituted vowel in place of the 'o' in lol.
Interjection
[edit]lel
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Variation of lol.
Usage notes
[edit]- More playful than 'lol'.
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lel
References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of imitative origin
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]lel c (plural lellen, diminutive lelletje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewdä- (“to find”). Cognates include Finnish löytää and Estonian leidma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lel
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) to find (with -ra/-re or -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
- Synonym: talál
- A tárcában sok pénzre lelt. ― S/he found a lot of money in the wallet.
- Sosem lelte kedvét az ivásban. ― S/he never found pleasure in drinking.
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of lel
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lelek | lelsz | lel | lelünk | leltek | lelnek | |
Def. | lelem | leled | leli | leljük | lelitek | lelik | |||
2nd-p. o. | lellek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | leltem | leltél | lelt | leltünk | leltetek | leltek | ||
Def. | leltem | lelted | lelte | leltük | leltétek | lelték | |||
2nd-p. o. | leltelek | ― | |||||||
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. lelni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lelék | lelél | lele | lelénk | lelétek | lelének | ||
Def. | lelém | leléd | lelé | lelénk | lelétek | lelék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lel vala, lelt vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | lelendek | lelendesz | lelend | lelendünk | lelendetek | lelendenek | ||
Def. | lelendem | lelended | lelendi | lelendjük | lelenditek | lelendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lelnék | lelnél | lelne | lelnénk | lelnétek | lelnének | |
Def. | lelném | lelnéd | lelné | lelnénk (or lelnők) |
lelnétek | lelnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lelt volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | leljek | lelj or leljél |
leljen | leljünk | leljetek | leljenek | |
Def. | leljem | leld or leljed |
lelje | leljük | leljétek | leljék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leljelek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lelt légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | lelni | lelnem | lelned | lelnie | lelnünk | lelnetek | lelniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
lelés | lelő | lelt | lelendő | lelve (lelvén) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of lel
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lelhetek | lelhetsz | lelhet | lelhetünk | lelhettek | lelhetnek | |
Def. | lelhetem | lelheted | lelheti | lelhetjük | lelhetitek | lelhetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | lelhettem | lelhettél | lelhetett | lelhettünk | lelhettetek | lelhettek | ||
Def. | lelhettem | lelhetted | lelhette | lelhettük | lelhettétek | lelhették | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lelheték | lelhetél | lelhete | lelheténk | lelhetétek | lelhetének | ||
Def. | lelhetém | lelhetéd | lelheté | lelheténk | lelhetétek | lelheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lelhet vala, lelhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | lelhetendek or lelandhatok |
lelhetendesz or lelandhatsz |
lelhetend or lelandhat |
lelhetendünk or lelandhatunk |
lelhetendetek or lelandhattok |
lelhetendenek or lelandhatnak | ||
Def. | lelhetendem or lelandhatom |
lelhetended or lelandhatod |
lelhetendi or lelandhatja |
lelhetendjük or lelandhatjuk |
lelhetenditek or lelandhatjátok |
lelhetendik or lelandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhetendelek or lelandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lelhetnék | lelhetnél | lelhetne | lelhetnénk | lelhetnétek | lelhetnének | |
Def. | lelhetném | lelhetnéd | lelhetné | lelhetnénk (or lelhetnők) |
lelhetnétek | lelhetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lelhetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lelhessek | lelhess or lelhessél |
lelhessen | lelhessünk | lelhessetek | lelhessenek | |
Def. | lelhessem | lelhesd or lelhessed |
lelhesse | lelhessük | lelhessétek | lelhessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lelhesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lelhetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (lelhetni) | (lelhetnem) | (lelhetned) | (lelhetnie) | (lelhetnünk) | (lelhetnetek) | (lelhetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | lelhető | Neg. adj. | lelhetetlen | Adv. part. | (lelhetve / lelhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
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Compound words
Expressions
Further reading
[edit]- lel 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
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