[ˈkɛrɛʃ]
OriginFrom 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”). 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”).
- transitiveto look for; to seek; to search for
- transitiveto earn (to receive payment for work)
Formskeresek(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, informal, second-person, singular) · keresel(error-unrecognized-form, formal, indefinite, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person) · keresel(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular, third-person) · keres(error-unrecognized-form, first-person, indefinite, plural) · keresünk(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, informal, plural, second-person) · kerestek(error-unrecognized-form, formal, indefinite, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person) · kerestek(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, plural, third-person) · keresnek(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · keresem(definite, error-unrecognized-form, informal, second-person, singular) · keresed(definite, error-unrecognized-form, formal, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person) · keresed(definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular, third-person) · keresi(definite, error-unrecognized-form, first-person, plural) · keressük(definite, error-unrecognized-form, informal, plural, second-person) · keresitek(definite, error-unrecognized-form, formal, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person) · keresitek(definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person) · keresik(definite, error-unrecognized-form) · kereslek(error-unrecognized-form, informal, second-person, singular) · kerestem(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, informal, past, second-person, singular) · kerestél(error-unrecognized-form, formal, indefinite, past, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person) · kerestél(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, past, singular, third-person)