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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
eszik (“to eat”) + -ek (personal suffix)
Verb
eszek
- (proscribed, though common in casual or dialectal speech) first-person singular indicative present indefinite of eszik
- Synonym: (standard) eszem
1925, Attila József, “With a Pure Heart”, in Tiszta szívvel:Harmadnapja nem eszek, / se sokat, se keveset.- For three days I haven’t fed / not even on mouldy bread. (Péter Zollman, translator; →ISBN, p. 788)
Three days I’ve been starving numb / for lack of either feast or crumb. (Anton Nyerges, tr.; →ISBN, p. 789)
Three days’ hunger, not a bite: / nothing heavy, nothing light. (Leslie A. Kery, tr.)
Etymology 2
esz + -ek
Verb
eszek
- (rare) first-person singular indicative present indefinite of esz
Etymology 3
ész (“intellect, mind”) + -ek (plural suffix)
Noun
eszek
- nominative plural of ész
Etymology 4
esz (“E-flat”) + -ek (plural suffix)
Noun
eszek
- nominative plural of esz