lel

See also: -lel, -lél, and LEL

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lele.

Symbol

lel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lele (Congo).

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Lele (Congo) terms

English

Etymology

Miscellaneously substituted vowel instead of the 'o' in lol.

Interjection

lel

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Variation of lol.

Usage notes

  • More playful than 'lol'.

Anagrams

Cornish

Adjective

lel

  1. genuine, loyal, reliable, trusty

References

Dutch

Etymology

Of imitative origin

Pronunciation

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Noun

lel c (plural lellen, diminutive lelletje n)

  1. slap
  2. lobe
  3. wattle (of a bird)
  4. snood (flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: alala, allalla
  • Petjo: lel
  • → Papiamentu: lèlè

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewdä- (“to find”). Cognates include Finnish löytää and Estonian leidma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛl]
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

lel

  1. (ambitransitive, 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

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
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. lelek lelsz lel lelünk leltek lelnek
def. lelem leled leli leljük lelitek lelik
2nd obj lellek
past indef. leltem leltél lelt leltünk leltetek leltek
def. leltem lelted lelte leltük leltétek lelték
2nd obj 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
preterite 		indef. lelék lelél lele lelénk lelétek lelének
def. lelém leléd lelé lelénk lelétek lelék
2nd obj 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 obj lelendelek
condi­tional pre­sent indef. lelnék lelnél lelne lelnénk lelnétek lelnének
def. lelném lelnéd lelné lelnénk
(or lelnők) 		lelnétek lelnék
2nd obj lelnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lelt volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. leljek lelj or
leljél 		leljen leljünk leljetek leljenek
def. leljem leld or
leljed 		lelje leljük leljétek leljék
2nd obj 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
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. lelhetek lelhetsz lelhet lelhetünk lelhettek lelhetnek
def. lelhetem lelheted lelheti lelhetjük lelhetitek lelhetik
2nd obj lelhetlek
past indef. lelhettem lelhettél lelhetett lelhettünk lelhettetek lelhettek
def. lelhettem lelhetted lelhette lelhettük lelhettétek lelhették
2nd obj lelhettelek
archaic
preterite 		indef. lelheték lelhetél lelhete lelheténk lelhetétek lelhetének
def. lelhetém lelhetéd lelheté lelheténk lelhetétek lelheték
2nd obj lelhetélek
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), 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 obj lelhetendelek
or lelandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. lelhetnék lelhetnél lelhetne lelhetnénk lelhetnétek lelhetnének
def. lelhetném lelhetnéd lelhetné lelhetnénk
(or lelhetnők) 		lelhetnétek lelhetnék
2nd obj lelhetnélek
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lelhetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. lelhessek lelhess or
lelhessél 		lelhessen lelhessünk lelhessetek lelhessenek
def. lelhessem lelhesd or
lelhessed 		lelhesse lelhessük lelhessétek lelhessék
2nd obj lelhesselek
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lelhetett légyen
infinitive (lelhetni) (lelhetnem) (lelhetned) (lelhetnie) (lelhetnünk) (lelhetnetek) (lelhetniük)
other
forms 		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
lelhető lelhetetlen (lelhetve / lelhetvén)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Compound words
Expressions

Further reading

  • lel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate)
    Sanskrit लभते (labhate)
    Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï)
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyHati
    Sanskrit नय॑ति (náyati)
    Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ.
    Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-
    Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti
    Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti)
    Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei)
    Romani lel

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei), adapted from 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï) by analogy with 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei, “give”) (whence देना (denā, “to give”)), 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei, “take”),[1][2] from Sanskrit लभते (labhate). Cognate with Nepali लिनु (linu).

    Verb

    lel

    1. to take

    References

    More information
    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lábhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635
    2. ^ Hoernlé, A. F. Rudolf (1880) “A Collection of Hindi Roots, with Remarks on their Derivation and Classification”, in Journal of The Asiatic Society of Bengal‎[1], volume 49, page 38
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