-lek

See also: lek, Lek, lék, lęk, and -lék

Hungarian

Etymology

From -l (frequentative suffix) +‎ -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -k (first-person singular personal suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Suffix

-lek

1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).

   ‎keres (“to look for”) + ‎-lek → ‎kereslek (“I am looking for you”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

Person (subject)	Verb ending	Back vowel	Front vowel	2nd-person object (informal “you”)
				singular	plural
én  (“I”)	most types	-lak	-lek	téged	titeket / benneteket
	two consonants or long vowel + t	-alak	-elek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

1. -lek in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Maltese

Etymology

lil +‎ -k

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛk/

Suffix

-lek

1. to you (singular)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -leiki, -leikr.

Suffix

-lek c

1. used to create nouns from adjectives.

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -lek

References

• -leik in Svensk Etymologisk Ordbok.