keres

See also: Keres, kérés, and kereş

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kėres (perhaps from a late Proto-Celtic *keresyā) borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Late Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”). Compare Welsh ceirios, Breton kerez.

Noun

keres f (singulative keresen)

cherries

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *kerä (“round, turning; to turn, twist”) stem as kerek, kerít, kerül + -s (obsolete frequentative verb-forming suffix). For the -s suffix, compare olvas (“to read”). Cognates include Finnish kierä (“twisted”), kiero (“twisted”).^[1]^[2] For the change of meaning, compare kerget (“to chase, pursue”, possibly related) and Latin ambīre (“to go round; solicit, strive”) and circāre (“to go about, traverse, wander”) → Italian cercare (“to look for”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛʃ]
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Hyphenation: ke‧res
Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Verb

keres

(transitive) to look for; to seek; to search for
Synonym: kutat
(transitive) to earn (to receive payment for work)

Conjugation

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Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	keresek	keresel	keres	keresünk	kerestek	keresnek
		Def.	keresem	keresed	keresi	keressük	keresitek	keresik
		2nd-p. o.	kereslek	―
	Past	Indef.	kerestem	kerestél	keresett	kerestünk	kerestetek	kerestek
		Def.	kerestem	kerested	kereste	kerestük	kerestétek	keresték
		2nd-p. o.	kerestelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. keresni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	keresék	keresél	kerese	keresénk	keresétek	keresének
		Def.	keresém	kereséd	keresé	keresénk	keresétek	keresék
		2nd-p. o.	keresélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. keres vala, keresett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	keresendek	keresendesz	keresend	keresendünk	keresendetek	keresendenek
		Def.	keresendem	keresended	keresendi	keresendjük	keresenditek	keresendik
		2nd-p. o.	keresendelek	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	keresnék	keresnél	keresne	keresnénk	keresnétek	keresnének
		Def.	keresném	keresnéd	keresné	keresnénk (or keresnők)	keresnétek	keresnék
		2nd-p. o.	keresnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. keresett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	keressek	keress or keressél	keressen	keressünk	keressetek	keressenek
		Def.	keressem	keresd or keressed	keresse	keressük	keressétek	keressék
		2nd-p. o.	keresselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. keresett légyen
Infinitive	keresni		keresnem	keresned	keresnie	keresnünk	keresnetek	keresniük
Other forms	keresés		kereső	keresett	keresendő	keresve (keresvén)		kerestet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

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conjugation of keres

More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	kereshetek	kereshetsz	kereshet	kereshetünk	kereshettek	kereshetnek
		Def.	kereshetem	keresheted	keresheti	kereshetjük	kereshetitek	kereshetik
		2nd-p. o.	kereshetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	kereshettem	kereshettél	kereshetett	kereshettünk	kereshettetek	kereshettek
		Def.	kereshettem	kereshetted	kereshette	kereshettük	kereshettétek	kereshették
		2nd-p. o.	kereshettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	keresheték	kereshetél	kereshete	keresheténk	kereshetétek	kereshetének
		Def.	kereshetém	kereshetéd	keresheté	keresheténk	kereshetétek	keresheték
		2nd-p. o.	kereshetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kereshet vala, kereshetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kereshetendek or keresandhatok	kereshetendesz or keresandhatsz	kereshetend or keresandhat	kereshetendünk or keresandhatunk	kereshetendetek or keresandhattok	kereshetendenek or keresandhatnak
		Def.	kereshetendem or keresandhatom	kereshetended or keresandhatod	kereshetendi or keresandhatja	kereshetendjük or keresandhatjuk	kereshetenditek or keresandhatjátok	kereshetendik or keresandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	kereshetendelek or keresandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	kereshetnék	kereshetnél	kereshetne	kereshetnénk	kereshetnétek	kereshetnének
		Def.	kereshetném	kereshetnéd	kereshetné	kereshetnénk (or kereshetnők)	kereshetnétek	kereshetnék
		2nd-p. o.	kereshetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kereshetett volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	kereshessek	kereshess or kereshessél	kereshessen	kereshessünk	kereshessetek	kereshessenek
		Def.	kereshessem	kereshesd or kereshessed	kereshesse	kereshessük	kereshessétek	kereshessék
		2nd-p. o.	kereshesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kereshetett légyen
Inf.	(kereshetni)		(kereshetnem)	(kereshetned)	(kereshetnie)	(kereshetnünk)	(kereshetnetek)	(kereshetniük)
Positive adjective			kereshető	Neg. adj.	kereshetetlen	Adv. part.	(kereshetve / kereshetvén)

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potential conjugation of keres

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

agyonkeres
előkeres
felkeres
hozzákeres
kikeres
lekeres
megkeres
összekeres
rákeres
szétkeres
túlkeres
újrakeres
utánkeres
végigkeres
visszakeres

Expressions

a kákán is csomót keres

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References

[1]
Entry #286 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
[2]
keres 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.)
[3]
keres 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.

Verb

keres (Latin spelling)

second-person singular present indicative of kerer

[1] [1]
Entry #286 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[2] [2]
keres 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.)

[3] [3]
keres 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.

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