marék
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmarék (uncountable)
- (anatomy) hollow of the hand/palm
- Synonym: marok
- (attributive) handful (the amount that can be held in one hand)
- Synonyms: maréknyi, maroknyi
- egy marék pénz ― a handful of money
- Egy marék rozs ― A Pocket Full of Rye, a novel by Agatha Christie (literally, “a handful of rye”)
Declension
editIts most common inflected form is marékkal, while its plural and possessive forms are not used (but see the declension of marok).
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | marék | — |
accusative | marékot | — |
dative | maréknak | — |
instrumental | marékkal | — |
causal-final | marékért | — |
translative | marékká | — |
terminative | marékig | — |
essive-formal | marékként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | marékban | — |
superessive | marékon | — |
adessive | maréknál | — |
illative | marékba | — |
sublative | marékra | — |
allative | marékhoz | — |
elative | marékból | — |
delative | marékról | — |
ablative | maréktól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
maréké | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
marékéi | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
edit- marék 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