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Pronunciation

Verb

és

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of ésser

Galician

Verb

és

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of ser

Hungarian

Etymology

From e (this).

Doublet of is (too, even, again).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

és

  1. and
    Synonyms: s, meg, illetve, valamint
    Coordinate term: vagy

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

  • és 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
  • és 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).

Middle French

Etymology

Since Old French, contraction of en (in) +‎ les (the).

Preposition

és

  1. in the (referring to a plural noun).

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸanssā, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to spread out).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

és f

  1. track, trace

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ésL éisL ésaH
Vocative ésL éisL ésaH
Accusative éisN éisL ésaH
Genitive éiseH ésL ésN
Dative éisL ésaib ésaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

In addition, the nominative singular also appears as (h)éis and the dative singular as éisi, suggesting a fluctuation between ā-stem and ī-stem declension.

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
éis
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-éis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Verb

és

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ser

Noun

és m

  1. plural of é

Sundanese

Romanization

és

  1. Romanization of ᮆᮞ᮪