ét

See also: Appendix:Variations of "et"

Danish

Alternative forms

• et

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]

• Audio:

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• 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

• étkezik → étkezés
• étlen-szomjan

 

Compound words

• étcsokoládé
• étkészlet
• étlap
• étolaj
• étterem
• étvágy

 

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 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).

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. 5^b20

     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

• ǽt

Derived terms

• étach
• étaigidir

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

Mutation of ét

radical	lenition	nasalization
ét (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ét

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ét ‘jealousy’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ét (verbal noun)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare ít, which is likely its variant.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛt̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˥]

Adjective

ét

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

Anagrams

• té