esdekel

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Either from the obsolete verb esdek (to plead) +‎ -el (frequentative suffix),[1][2] or directly from the source of the latter verb, esik (to fall, here: “to entreat”) (obsolete in this sense) +‎ -dekel.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛʒdɛkɛl]
  • Hyphenation: es‧de‧kel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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esdekel

  1. (intransitive) to beseech, plead, beg

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ esdekel in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 esdekel in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • esdekel 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
  • esdekel 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).