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Meaning of -leg | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
[lɛɡ]

Definitions

  1. -ly. Mainly added to an adjective suffixed with -i and to a present participle to form an adverb. In the past, it was added to different parts of speech.
    morpheme
  2. Added to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive in this role.
    morpheme, rare
  3. Unrounded front-vowel variant of -log.
    morpheme, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“valószínű (“probable”) + -leg → valószínűleg (“probably”)”
“mér (“to measure”) + -leg → mérleg (“scale”)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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