elég
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈɛleːɡ]
Audio: (file) - (adjective and adverb) Hyphenation: elég
- (verb) Hyphenation: el‧ég
- Rhymes: -eːɡ
Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]elég (not comparable)
- enough, sufficient
- Synonym: elegendő
- Nincs sok vizünk, de egy napra biztosan elég. ― We don't have much water but it's certainly enough for a day.
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | elég | elegek |
accusative | eleget | elegeket |
dative | elégnek | elegeknek |
instrumental | eléggel | elegekkel |
causal-final | elégért | elegekért |
translative | eléggé | elegekké |
terminative | elégig | elegekig |
essive-formal | elégként | elegekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | elégben | elegekben |
superessive | elegen | elegeken |
adessive | elégnél | elegeknél |
illative | elégbe | elegekbe |
sublative | elégre | elegekre |
allative | eléghez | elegekhez |
elative | elégből | elegekből |
delative | elégről | elegekről |
ablative | elégtől | elegektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
elégé | elegeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elégéi | elegekéi |
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]elég (not comparable)
- quite, rather, fairly
- Synonyms: eléggé, viszonylag, aránylag, meglehetősen
- Azok nagyon jók, de elég drágák. ― They are very good, but rather expensive.
Usage notes
[edit]Elég (as an adverb) can only be used with adjectives and adverbs (e.g. elég szép volt “it was quite nice”, elég hamar odaértem “I arrived there quite soon”). With verbs, eléggé is required (this latter can be used with adjectives and adverbs as well), e.g. eléggé megáztunk “we got soaked pretty much”.
Noun
[edit]elég
- Used in expressions with inflectional suffixes.
- elege van ― to be fed up (literally, “to have enough”)
- eleget tesz ― to satisfy, to fulfill, to comply with (literally, “to do enough”)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | elég | elegek |
accusative | eleget | elegeket |
dative | elégnek | elegeknek |
instrumental | eléggel | elegekkel |
causal-final | elégért | elegekért |
translative | eléggé | elegekké |
terminative | elégig | elegekig |
essive-formal | elégként | elegekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | elégben | elegekben |
superessive | elégen | elegeken |
adessive | elégnél | elegeknél |
illative | elégbe | elegekbe |
sublative | elégre | elegekre |
allative | eléghez | elegekhez |
elative | elégből | elegekből |
delative | elégről | elegekről |
ablative | elégtől | elegektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
elégé | elegeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elégéi | elegekéi |
Possessive forms of elég | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | elegem | — |
2nd person sing. | eleged | — |
3rd person sing. | elege | — |
1st person plural | elegünk | — |
2nd person plural | elegetek | — |
3rd person plural | elegük | — |
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]elég
- (intransitive) to burn up (fully)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of elég
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | elégek | elégsz | elég | elégünk | elégtek | elégnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | elégtem | elégtél | elégett | elégtünk | elégtetek | elégtek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
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. el fog égni. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elégék | elégél | elége | elégénk | elégétek | elégének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elég vala, elégett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | elégendek | elégendesz | elégend | elégendünk | elégendetek | elégendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elégnék | elégnél | elégne | elégnénk | elégnétek | elégnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elégett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elégjek | elégj or elégjél |
elégjen | elégjünk | elégjetek | elégjenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elégett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | elégni | elégnem | elégned | elégnie | elégnünk | elégnetek | elégniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
elégés | elégő | elégett | ― | elégve (elégvén) | eléget | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ég el or el is ég. |
potential conjugation of elég
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghetek | eléghetsz | eléghet | eléghetünk | eléghettek | eléghetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | eléghettem | eléghettél | eléghetett | eléghettünk | eléghettetek | eléghettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elégheték | eléghetél | eléghete | elégheténk | eléghetétek | eléghetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. eléghet vala, eléghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | eléghetendek or elégandhatok |
eléghetendesz or elégandhatsz |
eléghetend or elégandhat |
eléghetendünk or elégandhatunk |
eléghetendetek or elégandhattok |
eléghetendenek or elégandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghetnék | eléghetnél | eléghetne | eléghetnénk | eléghetnétek | eléghetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. eléghetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | eléghessek | eléghess or eléghessél |
eléghessen | eléghessünk | eléghessetek | eléghessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. eléghetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (eléghetni) | (eléghetnem) | (eléghetned) | (eléghetnie) | (eléghetnünk) | (eléghetnetek) | (eléghetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (eléghetve / eléghetvén) | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem éghet el or el is éghet. |
Further reading
[edit]- (enough): elég in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (to burn up): elég in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- elég in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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