lesz

Hungarian

Alternative forms

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

  1. future of van (“to be”): will be
  2. (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.”)
  3. (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?
  4. 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
With verbal prefixes
  • ellesz
  • kilesz
  • meglesz
  • odalesz
Expressions

References
  1. Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. 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.)
  3. 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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lösche, from löschen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛʂ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʂ
  • Syllabification: lesz

Noun

lesz m inan

  1. slag (hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material)
    Synonym: tłuczeń żużlowy
  2. (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
verb

Further reading
  • lesz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lesz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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