ez

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English

Adjective

ez

1. (text messaging, especially video games) Abbreviation of easy.

Derived terms

Basque

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Basque *eze.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ez

Adverb

ez (not comparable)

1. not

   Ez dut nahi. ― I don't want it.

Interjection

ez

1. no

Noun

ez inan

1. no (negating expression)
2. hardship, poverty

Declension

References

Further reading

• “ez”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ez”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Preposition

ez

1. (toponymy) Alternative form of des

Derived terms

See also

• lez

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *e- (“this”). Cognates include Finnish että, Estonian et, Erzya эте (eťe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛz]
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Pronoun

ez

2. this, it (used as a pronoun, that is, instead of a noun phrase)

   Coordinate term: az

   Ez egy szép ház. ― This is a nice house.

   Ez nem jó. ― This is not good.

   Ez vagyok én. ― This is me.

   Ez a kutyám. ― This is my dog.

   Ez kedves tőled. ― It is nice of you.

Declension

The possessive forms of this pronoun are not in use. If necessary, the corresponding possessive forms of ilyen (“such [a thing]”) can be used.

Derived terms

Determiner

ez (demonstrative)

2. (used before a noun phrase with a definite article, gets the case of the noun phrase) this

   Ez a ház nagyon szép. ― This house is very beautiful.

   Ezzel a lemezzel nem tudok mit kezdeni. ― I cannot do anything with this disk.

3. (archaic, otherwise only in certain fixed phrases beginning with a vowel, as a counterpart of e, followed by no article) this

   ez ügyben (equivalent to ebben az ügyben) ― in this matter

   ez esetben (equivalent to ebben az esetben) ― in this case

   ez évben (equivalent to ebben az évben) ― in this year

   az ez évi díjak ― [“the”] this year's fees

   ez alkalommal ― on this occasion

   ez idő szerint ― at this time, at present, presently

   ez idő tájt ― about this time, in these days

   ez idáig ― until this time, until now, as yet

Usage notes

• In the first case (which is by far more common), it is declined according to the noun phrase it is applied to:

  Ezekben a házakban magyarok laknak. ― In these houses, Hungarian people live.

• Because ez takes a definite article (the) and van (“is, to be”) is omitted in cases of qualification, some terms are ambiguous:

  “Ez a ház” can mean both “this house” as a phrase and “This is the house” as a whole sentence. The same ambiguity may arise with az.

Declension

Derived terms

See above, at the Derived terms of the pronoun.

See also

References

Further reading

• ez 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
• ez 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).

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German iz, from Proto-Germanic *it.

Pronoun

ëz

1. (personal) it

Inflection

Descendants

• Alemannic German: es
• Bavarian: es

  Cimbrian: es, 'z (Luserna), is, 's

  Mòcheno: s

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: es

• German: es
• Luxembourgish: et
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: es

• Yiddish: עס (es)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ajám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂, *eǵHóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æz/

Pronoun

ez

1. I, first person singular subjective pronoun.

See also

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ.

Pronoun

ez

1. self

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ez”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

Yola

Verb

ez

1. Alternative form of is

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ajám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵHóm.

Pronoun

ez

1. I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker