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Alternative forms

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Numeral

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ét

  1. neuter singular of en

Pronoun

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ét

  1. neuter singular of en

Usage notes

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Accent is optional, and reflects intonation. Compare, for example, hun har kun et bord "she only has a table" with hun har kun ét bord "she has only one table".

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the original e- stem of eszik (to eat) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈeːt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

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ét (plural étek)

  1. (obsolete) food
    Synonyms: étel, élelem
  2. (obsolete) eating
    Synonyms: evés, étkezés
  3. (archaic, regional) appetite
    Synonym: étvágy

Usage notes

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Today it is used only in compounds and idioms. In the early 20th century it was also applied in regionalism with the similarly obsolete term it (drink[ing]).

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ét étek
accusative étet éteket
dative étnek éteknek
instrumental éttel étekkel
causal-final étért étekért
translative étté étekké
terminative étig étekig
essive-formal étként étekként
essive-modal étül
inessive étben étekben
superessive éten éteken
adessive étnél éteknél
illative étbe étekbe
sublative étre étekre
allative éthez étekhez
elative étből étekből
delative étről étekről
ablative éttől étektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
été éteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
étéi étekéi
Possessive forms of ét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. étem éteim
2nd person sing. éted éteid
3rd person sing. éte étei
1st person plural étünk éteink
2nd person plural étetek éteitek
3rd person plural étük éteik

Derived terms

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Compound words

Further reading

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  • ét in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
  • ét 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).

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *yantus, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos) and Sanskrit यत्न (yatna, zeal)), यस्यति (yasyati, strive for).

Noun

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ét m (genitive éuit)

  1. jealousy; envy, emulation
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b20
      trisin intamail sin .i. combad ǽt leu buid domsa i n-iriss et duús in intamlitis
      through that imitation, i.e. so that there may be jealousy with them for me to be in faith and if by chance they might imitate [me]
  2. enthusiasm, zeal
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ét
Vocative éuit
Accusative étN
Genitive éuitL
Dative éutL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Irish: éad
  • Manx: ead
  • Scottish Gaelic: eud

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Celtic *intā, containing the prefix in-.

Noun

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ét f

  1. verbal noun of ad·cota
Inflection
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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative étL
Vocative étL
Accusative éitN
Genitive éiteH
Dative éitL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of ét
radical lenition nasalization
ét
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ét

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Compare ít, which is likely its variant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ét

  1. (only in compounds) very few, very little

Anagrams

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