lenni

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See also: Lenni

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Further reading

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  • lenni 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