esej
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English essay, itself from French essai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛj]
Noun
esej f or m inan
Declension
when feminine:
Declension of esej (soft zero-ending feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | esej | eseje |
| genitive | eseje | esejí |
| dative | eseji | esejím |
| accusative | esej | eseje |
| vocative | eseji | eseje |
| locative | eseji | esejích |
| instrumental | esejí | esejemi |
when masculine:
Declension of esej (soft masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | esej | eseje |
| genitive | eseje | esejů |
| dative | eseji | esejům |
| accusative | esej | eseje |
| vocative | eseji | eseje |
| locative | eseji | esejích |
| instrumental | esejem | eseji |
Related terms
- esejista
- esejistika
Further reading
- “esej”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “esej”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “esej”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.sɛj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsɛj
- Syllabification: e‧sej
Noun
esej m inan
- essay (written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject)
Declension
Declension of esej
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | esej | eseje |
| genitive | eseju | esejów |
| dative | esejowi | esejom |
| accusative | esej | eseje |
| instrumental | esejem | esejami |
| locative | eseju | esejach |
| vocative | eseju | eseje |
Derived terms
nouns
- eseistyka
- eseizacja
Related terms
adjectives
- eseistyczny
adverbs
- eseistycznie
verbs
- eseizować impf
Further reading
- esej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- esej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- esej in PWN's encyclopedia
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English essay, itself from French essai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ěseːj/
- Hyphenation: e‧sej
Noun
èsēj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐсе̄ј)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | èsēj | eseji |
| genitive | eséja | eseja |
| dative | eseju | esejima |
| accusative | esej | eseje |
| vocative | eseju | eseji |
| locative | eseju | esejima |
| instrumental | esejom | esejima |
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈesej]
Noun
esej f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | esej | eseje |
| genitive | eseje | esejí |
| dative | eseji | esejam |
| accusative | esej | eseje |
| locative | eseji | esejach |
| instrumental | esejou | esejami |
Derived terms
- esejistický
- esejisticky
Further reading
- “esej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛsɛ́ːj/
Noun
esȇj m inan
Declension
| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | esêj | ||
| gen. sing. | esêja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
esêj | esêja | esêji |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
esêja | esêjev | esêjev |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
esêju | esêjema | esêjem |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
esêj | esêja | esêje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
esêju | esêjih | esêjih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
esêjem | esêjema | esêji |