legjava

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the leg- superlative of the jav- stem variant of the adjective jó (“good”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡjɒvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ja‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Noun

legjava (uncountable)

  1. (with a possessive suffix) the best, most valuable or (rarely) the largest part (of something)
    Synonym: java

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative legjava —
accusative legjavát —
dative legjavának —
instrumental legjavával —
causal-final legjaváért —
translative legjavává —
terminative legjaváig —
essive-formal legjavaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive legjavában —
superessive legjaván —
adessive legjavánál —
illative legjavába —
sublative legjavára —
allative legjavához —
elative legjavából —
delative legjaváról —
ablative legjavától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
legjaváé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
legjaváéi —

Further reading

  • legjava 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
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