eresz

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in the year 1541, in its most common current sense, 1566. From the same unattested stem of unknown origin as ereget, with the noun-forming suffix -esz, compare rekesz, válasz. Originally meant “release, expansion” (beyond the plane of the roof), compare also the verb ereszt (to release, let out).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

eresz (plural ereszek)

  1. (architecture) eaves (underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building)
    Synonyms: (slightly dated or dialectal) csorgó / csurgó, (dialectal) eszterhéj, ereszcsatorna

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative eresz ereszek
accusative ereszt ereszeket
dative eresznek ereszeknek
instrumental eresszel ereszekkel
causal-final ereszért ereszekért
translative eresszé ereszekké
terminative ereszig ereszekig
essive-formal ereszként ereszekként
essive-modal
inessive ereszben ereszekben
superessive ereszen ereszeken
adessive eresznél ereszeknél
illative ereszbe ereszekbe
sublative ereszre ereszekre
allative ereszhez ereszekhez
elative ereszből ereszekből
delative ereszről ereszekről
ablative eresztől ereszektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ereszé ereszeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ereszéi ereszekéi
Possessive forms of eresz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ereszem ereszeim
2nd person sing. ereszed ereszeid
3rd person sing. eresze ereszei
1st person plural ereszünk ereszeink
2nd person plural ereszetek ereszeitek
3rd person plural ereszük ereszeik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ eresz in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • eresz 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
  • eresz 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).