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Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kᴕ̈ćᴈ (“willing, ready”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
kész (comparative készebb, superlative legkészebb)
- finished, done
- ready (prepared for immediate action or use)
- fogyasztásra kész ― ready-to-eat
- (informal, predicatively) fagged out, worn out (both psychically or physically)
- (slang) drunk, stoned
- (attributively) true, real
- Kész rablás ilyen áron adni! ― It's true robbery to give it at this price!
- Kész szerencse, hogy nem halt meg! ― It's real luck that he didn't die!
1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 127:– Hát ez kész alkoholista – nevetett Erika. – Nézzétek, még alig ült le, de már félig üres az üveg… Móni arca nem tükrözött vidámságot. Még mindig nem fordította el rólam a tekintetét.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (slang, predicatively) unbelievable, amazing, stunning, hilarious, shocking
- Hát ez kész! ― This is incredible!
Declension
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Adverb
kész
- done, finished
- Synonym: készen
- Kész van a leves. ― The soup is finished.
- (informal) fagged out, worn out (both psychically or physically)
- (slang) drunk, stoned
Usage notes
The adverbial sense is used only with the verb van (“to be”).
Verb
kész
- (obsolete) to urge, cause, prompt
- Synonyms: késztet, buzdít, unszol
- (obsolete) to prepare
- Synonyms: felkészít, előkészít
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References
Further reading
- kész 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
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