eszik

Etymology 1
From +. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)   to eat
 * 2)  to like a certain trait about someone
 * 1)  to like a certain trait about someone

Usage notes

 * See under Etymology 2.

Etymology 2
From the stem of.

Usage notes
As shown by the two etymologies, eszik can be a third-person singular indefinite form (the base form of this verb) or a third-person plural definite form. In other words, it can mean “he/she/it is eating something” or “they are eating that particular thing”. If the subject is not specified, the interpretation is decided by the definiteness of the object. has an indefinite object (cf. ), so it must be the indefinite form of the singular (“he/she/it is eating an apple”), while has a definite object (cf. ), so it must be the definite form of the plural (“they are eating the apple”). If there is no article before the noun, it is normally indefinite:. If it is a pronoun, its reference needs to be checked. In, is indefinite so it means “he/she/it eats everything”, whereas in Mindet megeszik,  is definite so it means “they eat all (of it)”. In practice, however, the context rarely if ever leaves any doubt about the number of the subject.