eset

eset

1. partitive singular of ese

From the es- stem of esik (“to happen”, cf. megesik) +‎ -et (noun-forming suffix). Semantic loan from Latin casus, akin to Czech případek, Kashubian przëpôdk, Polish przypadek, Russian припа́док (pripádok), and Silesian przipŏdek. Compare also the development of German Fall, meaning both "case, event" and "fall, drop".

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃɛt]

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• Hyphenation: eset
• Rhymes: -ɛt

eset (plural esetek)

1. case, instance, event, occurrence
2. affair, business, matter

   Synonyms: ügy, kérdés

3. story (that happened to someone)

   Synonym: történet

4. (grammar) case
6. type (preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to)

• eset 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
• eset 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).