lefest

Hungarian

Etymology

le- +‎ fest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛfɛʃt]
• Hyphenation: le‧fest
• Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Verb

lefest

1. (transitive) to paint, portray (to paint the likeness of)
2. (transitive, figuratively, literary) to depict, represent, portray, convey (to describe in words)

Conjugation

conjugation of lefest

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefestek	lefestesz	lefest	lefestünk	lefestetek	lefestenek
		Def.	lefestem	lefested	lefesti	lefestjük	lefestitek	lefestik
		2nd-p. o.	lefestelek	―
	Past	Indef.	lefestettem	lefestettél	lefestett	lefestettünk	lefestettetek	lefestettek
		Def.	lefestettem	lefestetted	lefestette	lefestettük	lefestettétek	lefestették
		2nd-p. o.	lefestettelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. le fog festeni.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lefesték	lefestél	lefeste	lefesténk	lefestétek	lefestének
		Def.	lefestém	lefestéd	lefesté	lefesténk	lefestétek	lefesték
		2nd-p. o.	lefestélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lefest vala, lefestett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lefestendek	lefestendesz	lefestend	lefestendünk	lefestendetek	lefestendenek
		Def.	lefestendem	lefestended	lefestendi	lefestendjük	lefestenditek	lefestendik
		2nd-p. o.	lefestendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefestenék	lefestenél	lefestene	lefestenénk	lefestenétek	lefestenének
		Def.	lefesteném	lefestenéd	lefestené	lefestenénk (or lefestenők)	lefestenétek	lefestenék
		2nd-p. o.	lefestenélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lefestett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefessek	lefess or lefessél	lefessen	lefessünk	lefessetek	lefessenek
		Def.	lefessem	lefesd or lefessed	lefesse	lefessük	lefessétek	lefessék
		2nd-p. o.	lefesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lefestett légyen
Infinitive	lefesteni		lefestenem	lefestened	lefestenie	lefestenünk	lefestenetek	lefesteniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	lefestés		lefestő	lefestett	lefestendő	lefestve (lefestvén)		lefestet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem fest le or le is fest.

potential conjugation of lefest

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefesthetek	lefesthetsz	lefesthet	lefesthetünk	lefesthettek	lefesthetnek
		Def.	lefesthetem	lefestheted	lefestheti	lefesthetjük	lefesthetitek	lefesthetik
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	lefesthettem	lefesthettél	lefesthetett	lefesthettünk	lefesthettetek	lefesthettek
		Def.	lefesthettem	lefesthetted	lefesthette	lefesthettük	lefesthettétek	lefesthették
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lefestheték	lefesthetél	lefesthete	lefestheténk	lefesthetétek	lefesthetének
		Def.	lefesthetém	lefesthetéd	lefestheté	lefestheténk	lefesthetétek	lefestheték
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lefesthet vala, lefesthetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lefesthetendek or lefestandhatok	lefesthetendesz or lefestandhatsz	lefesthetend or lefestandhat	lefesthetendünk or lefestandhatunk	lefesthetendetek or lefestandhattok	lefesthetendenek or lefestandhatnak
		Def.	lefesthetendem or lefestandhatom	lefesthetended or lefestandhatod	lefesthetendi or lefestandhatja	lefesthetendjük or lefestandhatjuk	lefesthetenditek or lefestandhatjátok	lefesthetendik or lefestandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthetendelek or lefestandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefesthetnék	lefesthetnél	lefesthetne	lefesthetnénk	lefesthetnétek	lefesthetnének
		Def.	lefesthetném	lefesthetnéd	lefesthetné	lefesthetnénk (or lefesthetnők)	lefesthetnétek	lefesthetnék
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lefesthetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lefesthessek	lefesthess or lefesthessél	lefesthessen	lefesthessünk	lefesthessetek	lefesthessenek
		Def.	lefesthessem	lefesthesd or lefesthessed	lefesthesse	lefesthessük	lefesthessétek	lefesthessék
		2nd-p. o.	lefesthesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lefesthetett légyen
Inf.	(lefesthetni)		(lefesthetnem)	(lefesthetned)	(lefesthetnie)	(lefesthetnünk)	(lefesthetnetek)	(lefesthetniük)
Positive adjective			lefesthető	Neg. adj.	lefesthetetlen	Adv. part.	(lefesthetve / lefesthetvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem festhet le or le is festhet.

Derived terms

• lefestet
• lefestés
• lefesthetetlen
• lefesthető

 

Further reading

• lefest 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