legyez

Hungarian

Etymology

From the noun légy (fly) + -ez, its original meaning “to shoo away flies”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɟɛz]
  • Hyphenation: le‧gyez
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb

legyez

  1. (transitive) to fan (to blow air on something by means of a hand-held fan)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. legyez 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.)

Further reading

  • legyez 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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