ét

See also: Appendix:Variations of "et"

Danish

Alternative forms

Numeral

ét

  1. neuter singular of en

Pronoun

ét

  1. neuter singular of en

Usage notes

Accent is optional, and reflects intonation. Compare, for example, hun har kun et bord "she only has a table" with hun har kun ét bord "she has only one table".

Hungarian

Etymology

From the original e- stem of eszik (to eat) + -t (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈeːt]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

ét (plural étek)

  1. (obsolete) food
    Synonyms: étel, élelem
  2. (obsolete) eating
    Synonyms: evés, étkezés
  3. (archaic, regional) appetite
    Synonym: étvágy

Usage notes

Today it is used only in compounds and idioms. In the early 20th century it was also applied in regionalism with the similarly obsolete term it (drink[ing]).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ét étek
accusative étet éteket
dative étnek éteknek
instrumental éttel étekkel
causal-final étért étekért
translative étté étekké
terminative étig étekig
essive-formal étként étekként
essive-modal étül
inessive étben étekben
superessive éten éteken
adessive étnél éteknél
illative étbe étekbe
sublative étre étekre
allative éthez étekhez
elative étből étekből
delative étről étekről
ablative éttől étektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
été éteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
étéi étekéi
Possessive forms of ét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. étem éteim
2nd person sing. éted éteid
3rd person sing. éte étei
1st person plural étünk éteink
2nd person plural étetek éteitek
3rd person plural étük éteik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • ét in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
  • ét 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)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eːd]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *yantus, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos) and Sanskrit यत्न (yatna, zeal)), यस्यति (yasyati, strive for).

Noun

ét m (genitive éuit)

  1. jealousy; envy, emulation
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b20
      trisin intamail sin .i. combad ǽt leu buid domsa i n-iriss et duús in intamlitis
      through that imitation, i.e. so that there may be jealousy with them for me to be in faith and if by chance they might imitate [me]
  2. enthusiasm, zeal
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ét
Vocative éuit
Accusative étN
Genitive éuitL
Dative éutL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: éad
  • Manx: ead
  • Scottish Gaelic: eud

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *intā, containing the prefix in-.

Noun

ét f

  1. verbal noun of ad·cota
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative étL
Vocative étL
Accusative éitN
Genitive éiteH
Dative éitL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ét unchanged n-ét
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare ít, which is likely its variant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ét

  1. (only in compounds) very few, very little

Anagrams

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