egres

See also: egreš

English

Noun

egres

1. plural of egre

Anagrams

• Geers, Geres, Seger, egers, geers, grees, serge

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language (compare with Serbo-Croatian ogrozd, Slovak egreš, Czech angrešt), from Italian agresto (“juice of sour grapes, verjuice”) (or directly) from Latin agrestis (“rustic, wild”), from ager (“field, farm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡrɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: eg‧res
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

egres (plural egresek)

1. gooseberry

   Synonyms: büszke, köszméte, pöszméte

Usage notes

The official name is egres. The synonyms are also widely used in different regions of Hungary.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	egres	egresek
accusative	egrest	egreseket
dative	egresnek	egreseknek
instrumental	egressel	egresekkel
causal-final	egresért	egresekért
translative	egressé	egresekké
terminative	egresig	egresekig
essive-formal	egresként	egresekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	egresben	egresekben
superessive	egresen	egreseken
adessive	egresnél	egreseknél
illative	egresbe	egresekbe
sublative	egresre	egresekre
allative	egreshez	egresekhez
elative	egresből	egresekből
delative	egresről	egresekről
ablative	egrestől	egresektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	egresé	egreseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	egreséi	egresekéi

Possessive forms of egres

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	egresem	egreseim
2nd person sing.	egresed	egreseid
3rd person sing.	egrese	egresei
1st person plural	egresünk	egreseink
2nd person plural	egresetek	egreseitek
3rd person plural	egresük	egreseik

Further reading

• egres 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.
• egres in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).