léc

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German. Ultimately from Italian liccia or lizza.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈleːt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: léc

Noun

léc (plural lécek)

  1. (carpentry) lath, batten, slat (a thin strip of wood)
    Synonyms: palló, palánk, deszka
  2. (sports) bar (a horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault; also figuratively)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative léc lécek
accusative lécet léceket
dative lécnek léceknek
instrumental léccel lécekkel
causal-final lécért lécekért
translative léccé lécekké
terminative lécig lécekig
essive-formal lécként lécekként
essive-modal — —
inessive lécben lécekben
superessive lécen léceken
adessive lécnél léceknél
illative lécbe lécekbe
sublative lécre lécekre
allative léchez lécekhez
elative lécből lécekből
delative lécről lécekről
ablative léctől lécektől
Possessive forms of léc
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. lécem léceim
2nd person sing. léced léceid
3rd person sing. léce lécei
1st person plural lécünk léceink
2nd person plural lécetek léceitek
3rd person plural lécük léceik

Derived terms
  • lécecske
  • léces
  • lelécel
Compound words

(Expressions):

  • leveri a lécet
  • megugorja a lécet
  • rezeg a léc, often in the past tense: rezgett a léc

See also

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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