eszel

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛl]
  • Hyphenation: eszel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

ész + -el

Verb

eszel

  1. (intransitive) to rack one's brain (about something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)
  2. (transitive) to think up, devise, plot
Usage notes

This form mostly occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • eszel (…) ki, ki … eszelkieszel
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kieszel

Etymology 2

From the esz- stem of eszik + -el.

Verb

eszel

  1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of eszik

Etymology 3

esz + -el

Verb

eszel

  1. (rare) second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esz

Further reading

  • kieszel 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
  • eszel in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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