lekésik

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛkeːʃik]
  • Hyphenation: le‧ké‧sik
  • Rhymes: -eːʃik

Etymology 1

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le- +‎ késik

Verb

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lekésik

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to be late, to arrive/come late, e.g. for an event or an opportunity (-ról/-ről or -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt)
    Lekéstek az előadásról.They were late for the performance.
    Lekésték az előadást.They were late for the performance.
  2. (transitive) to be late for something, to miss something, such as a vehicle or a connection (-t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt) by some time (-val/-vel)
    Mindjárt lekéssük a vonatot!We're going to miss the train soon!
    Csak fél perccel késtük le a vonatot.We only missed the train by half a minute.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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From the lekés- stem of lekésik +‎ -ik (personal suffix).

Verb

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lekésik

  1. third-person plural indicative present definite of lekésik
    Synonym: késik (rare without a verbal prefix)

Further reading

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  • lekésik 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