jelleg

Daur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəllə/

Adjective

jelleg

1. Alternative form of jerleg (“sly, wild”)

Hungarian

Etymology

From jel +‎ -eg (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛlːɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: jel‧leg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

jelleg (plural jellegek)

1. quality, nature, characteristic, property

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jelleg	jellegek
accusative	jelleget	jellegeket
dative	jellegnek	jellegeknek
instrumental	jelleggel	jellegekkel
causal-final	jellegért	jellegekért
translative	jelleggé	jellegekké
terminative	jellegig	jellegekig
essive-formal	jellegként	jellegekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jellegben	jellegekben
superessive	jellegen	jellegeken
adessive	jellegnél	jellegeknél
illative	jellegbe	jellegekbe
sublative	jellegre	jellegekre
allative	jelleghez	jellegekhez
elative	jellegből	jellegekből
delative	jellegről	jellegekről
ablative	jellegtől	jellegektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	jellegé	jellegeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jellegéi	jellegekéi

Possessive forms of jelleg
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jellegem	jellegeim
2nd person sing.	jelleged	jellegeid
3rd person sing.	jellege	jellegei
1st person plural	jellegünk	jellegeink
2nd person plural	jellegetek	jellegeitek
3rd person plural	jellegük	jellegeik

Derived terms

• jellegtelen
• jellegű
• jellegzetes

 

Compound words

• idényjelleg
• magánjelleg

 

Further reading

• jelleg 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