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== Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in 1372. From a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Chuvash ӑс (ăs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeːs] Rhymes: -eːs === Noun === ész (usually uncountable, plural eszek) intellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment, intelligence, sanity, remembrance (the content of one's head in a figurative sense) Nincs sok esze. ― He hasn’t got much brains. ==== Declension ==== Accusative variants: észt or eszet ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === ész in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. ész 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).