marok

See also: Marok

Hungarian[edit]

From Proto-Ugric *mᴕrɜ (“hollow of the hand, palm of the hand”) + -k (nominal suffix).^[1]^[2]

marok (usually uncountable, plural markok)

(anatomy) hollow of the hand/palm
(figuratively) grip, hand (as the symbol of power, used in phrases with its inflected forms)
a markában tart ― to have someone under one's thumb
(folksy) bundle (a fistful of wheat when harvesting with sickles or scythes; the bundles are tied into sheaves using straw)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	marok	markok
accusative	markot	markokat
dative	maroknak	markoknak
instrumental	marokkal	markokkal
causal-final	marokért	markokért
translative	marokká	markokká
terminative	marokig	markokig
essive-formal	marokként	markokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	marokban	markokban
superessive	markon	markokon
adessive	maroknál	markoknál
illative	marokba	markokba
sublative	marokra	markokra
allative	marokhoz	markokhoz
elative	marokból	markokból
delative	marokról	markokról
ablative	maroktól	markoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	maroké	markoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	marokéi	markokéi

Compound words

Expressions

mar +‎ -ok (personal suffix)

marok

^ Entry #1812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ marok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)