lenni

See also: Lenni

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛnːi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: len‧ni

Verb

lenni

  1. infinitive of van
    Lenni vagy nem lenni: az itt a kérdés. ― To be, or not to be: that is the question. (Shakespeare)
  2. infinitive of lesz

See also

Further reading

  • lenni 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.
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