marék
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marék (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 edit
Its 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
References 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