Fromhely(“place”) +‎-es(“having, with”,adjective-forming suffix). Sense development:

1. The original meaning was literallyhaving a plot of land. First attested in 1211.
2. The abstract meaningcorrect; corresponding to reality evolved from the above. First attested in 1527. For a similar approach, compare Russianместо(mesto,“place”) >уместный(umestnyj,“relevant, pertinent”), orEnglishin place in the sense of "proper place".
3. The sensepretty is evolved fromcorrect by metonymy. Comparehelyre.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛjɛʃ]

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• Hyphenation:he‧lyes
• Rhymes:-ɛʃ

helyes (comparativehelyesebb,superlativeleghelyesebb)

1. correct

   Synonyms:helyénvaló,korrekt

   Antonyms:helytelen,hibás

   Ez ahelyes megoldás. ―This is thecorrect solution.

2. pretty,good-looking

   Synonyms:szép,csinos

   Antonyms:csúnya,nemszép

   Helyes lány! ―She ispretty!

   Helyes fiú! ―He isgood-looking!

   A felesége egy nagyonhelyes nő. ―His wife is a verypretty woman.

• Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

• helyes in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

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