légyen

See also: legyen and legyén

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈleːɟɛn]
  • Hyphenation: lé‧gyen

Etymology 1

From the noun légy (“fly”) +‎ -en (case suffix).

Alternative forms

  • legyen (somewhat folksy in this sense)

Noun

légyen

  1. superessive singular of légy

Etymology 2

From the shared stem of van (“to be”) and lesz (“to become; will be”) +‎ -jen.

Verb

légyen

  1. alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of van
  2. alternative form of legyen, third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of lesz
Usage notes

Although this form variant is archaic, it still occurs in a concessive (subjunctive) sense (“whether he/she/it be”), especially in the past tense, mainly in the phrase lett légyen (“whether he/she/it were”) (occasionally also applied to the present) and rarely combined with other verbs (examples).

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