Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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ész +‎ -el

Verb

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eszel

  1. (intransitive) to rack one's brain (about something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)
  2. (transitive) to think up, devise, plot
Usage notes
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This form mostly occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • eszel (…) ki, ki … eszelkieszel
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

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From the esz- stem of eszik +‎ -el.

Verb

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eszel

  1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of eszik

Etymology 3

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esz +‎ -el

Verb

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eszel

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

Further reading

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  • kieszel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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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