marék

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See marok.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒreːk]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rék
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Noun[edit]

marék (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) hollow of the hand/palm
    Synonym: marok
  2. (attributive) handful (the amount that can be held in one hand)
    Synonyms: maréknyi, maroknyi
    egy marék pénza handful of money
    Egy marék rozsA 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]

  1. ^ 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