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eszel

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛl]
  • Hyphenation: eszel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

ész + -el

Verb

eszel

  1. (intransitive) to rack one's brain (about something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)
  2. (transitive) to think up, devise, plot
Usage notes

This form mostly occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • eszel (…) ki, ki … eszelkieszel
Conjugation
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kieszel

Etymology 2

From the esz- stem of eszik + -el.

Verb

eszel

  1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of eszik

Etymology 3

esz + -el

Verb

eszel

  1. (rare) second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esz

Further reading

  • kieszel 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.
  • eszel 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).
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