legjava

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the leg- superlative of the jav- stem variant of the adjective (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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