-lak

See also: lak, Lak, LAK, lák, läk-, and łąk

Hungarian

Etymology

-l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -a- +‎ -k (first-person singular personal suffix) [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɒk]

Suffix

-lak

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (indicative mood, definite conjugation).
    ‎lát (“to see”) + ‎-lak → ‎látlak (“I see you”)

Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
    Present tense definite - personal endings
Person Back vowel Front vowel
unrounded rounded
én 1st person singular -om -em -öm
te 2nd person singular -od -ed -öd
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -ja -i
mi 1st person plural -juk -jük
ti 2nd person plural -játok -itek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -ják -ik
én 1st person singular subject with
2nd person object		 -lak -lek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -alak -elek

See also
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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