esik
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Ugric *eskä-, from Proto-Uralic *ećɜ- (“to fall”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɛʃik]
Hyphenation: esik
Rhymes: -ɛʃik
=== Verb ===
esik
(intransitive) to fall
Synonyms: leesik, hullik, lehullik, pottyan, zuhan
Active-voice counterpart: ejt
A kenyér a vajas felére esett. ― The [slice of] bread fell on its buttered side.
(intransitive, normally supplemented with the name of the precipitation) to rain, to snow
Synonyms: (of rain) zuhog, (of rain) szakad, (of snow) hull
Esik az eső. ― It is raining. (literally, “The rain is falling.”)
Esik a hó. ― It is snowing. (literally, “The snow is falling.”)
Esik még? (depending on context) ― Is it still raining/snowing?
(intransitive) to fall somewhere, to happen to be at some place or time (of an event on some day of the week or month or the stress on a particular syllable)
Synonyms: van, jut
Idén péntekre esik a születésnapom. ― My birthday falls on a Friday this year.
(intransitive) to go down, to tumble, to drop, drop off, drop away (e.g. price or popularity)
Synonyms: csökken, süllyed, apad, hanyatlik, zuhan
(intransitive) to (happen to) be found, to lie, to be situated somewhere
Synonyms: fekszik, található
Távol esik tőlünk a színház. ― The theater happens to be a long way away from our place.
(intransitive) to fall into or get into a situation (e.g. falling victim to someone or something)
Synonyms: lesz, kerül
(intransitive) to fall or belong within the scope, force, power, or effect of something, to be subject or liable to some regulation or jurisdiction
Synonym: tartozik
(intransitive) to be affected, to feel in some way (with -nak/-nek for the person affected)
Hogy esne neked, ha…? ― How would you like/feel if …?
Jólesett az ebéd. ― approx. The lunch felt/was good.
(intransitive) to happen, to come about
Synonyms: megesik, történik
Úgy esett, hogy … ― It happened that …
(intransitive) to attack, assail (with -nak/-nek)
Synonyms: támad, megtámad, rátámad, ront, nekiront, ráront
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
(With verbal prefixes):
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
esik 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.
esik 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).