Leckét

Leckét is a Hungarian noun form derived from lecke, meaning a lesson or an exercise in a school context. The base lecke refers to a unit of study or practice, and leckét is the definite accusative singular form used when the lesson is the direct object of the sentence (for example, in phrases like “a leckét adni” or “megadni a leckét”). The word is feminine, and its plural is leckék.

In addition to its literal meaning, leckét also occurs in idiomatic expressions. The phrase to “give someone a lesson” is rendered in Hungarian as to “adni egy leckét,” typically implying a rebuke or corrective measure rather than a simple assignment. Conversely, “megkapni/megérteni a leckét” can mean to suffer a rebuke or to learn from a mistake, i.e., to be taught a lesson.

Educational use centers on lessons or assigned work within a curriculum, including exercises or tasks described as a lesson in specific contexts. While leckék generally denote discrete instructional units, everyday language more often uses specific terms like lecke (lesson) or feladat (exercise) for classroom activities; leckét appears primarily when the direct object form is required or when discussing the idiomatic sense of learning a lesson.

Etymology traces lecke to borrowings from German Lektion, itself related to Latin lectio or French leçon. In Hungarian, lecké is thus a familiar term tied to schooling and figurative language about instruction and consequence.