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esik

Pronunciation: [ˈɛʃik]

“esik” is a Hungarian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to fall
  2. to rain, to snow
  3. 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)
  4. to go down, to tumble, to drop, drop off, drop away (e.g. price or popularity)
  5. to (happen to) be found, to lie, to be situated somewhere
  6. to fall into or get into a situation (e.g. falling victim to someone or something)
  7. to fall or belong within the scope, force, power, or effect of something, to be subject or liable to some regulation or jurisdiction
  8. to be affected, to feel in some way (with -nak/-nek for the person affected)
  9. to happen, to come about
  10. to attack, assail (with -nak/-nek)

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *eskä-, from Proto-Uralic *ećɜ- (“to fall”). Related to Northern Mansi исуӈкве (isuňkve, “to go down, to come down, to land”), Eastern Khanty ӓсәԓта (äsəłta, “to let go, to allow”), Udmurt усьыны (uśyny, “to fall”), Komi-Permyak усьны (uśny, “to fall”) and Kamassian ӱзə (üzə, “to descend”).

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