See also: esku

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from esküszik. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛʃky]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: es‧kü
  • Rhymes: -ky

Noun edit

eskü (plural eskük)

  1. oath
    Synonym: fogadalom

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative eskü eskük
accusative esküt esküket
dative eskünek esküknek
instrumental esküvel eskükkel
causal-final esküért eskükért
translative esküvé eskükké
terminative esküig eskükig
essive-formal esküként eskükként
essive-modal
inessive esküben eskükben
superessive eskün eskükön
adessive eskünél esküknél
illative eskübe eskükbe
sublative esküre eskükre
allative eskühöz eskükhöz
elative esküből eskükből
delative esküről eskükről
ablative eskütől esküktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
esküé esküké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
esküéi eskükéi
Possessive forms of eskü
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. esküm esküim
2nd person sing. esküd esküid
3rd person sing. esküje esküi
1st person plural eskünk esküink
2nd person plural eskütök esküitek
3rd person plural esküjük esküik

Derived terms edit

Compound words
Expressions

Further reading edit

  • eskü 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
  • eskü 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)