máz

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See also: maz, maź, and mąż

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian maz, Russian мазь (mazʹ).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

máz (plural mázak)

  1. (ceramics) glaze, varnish (the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain)
  2. (cooking) icing, frosting, glaze (a smooth edible coating applied to food)
  3. (figuratively, colloquial, humorous) skin (used when the skin is injured due to a small accident)
    Lement a máz a térdemről. ― I skinned my knee. (literally, “The varnish went off my knee.”)
  4. (figuratively, literary, derogatory) veneer, varnish (an attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings)

Declension

Inflection of máz
singular plural
nominative máz mázak
accusative mázt
mázat 		mázakat
dative máznak mázaknak
instrumental mázzal mázakkal
causal-final mázért mázakért
translative mázzá mázakká
terminative mázig mázakig
essive-formal mázként mázakként
essive-modal — —
inessive mázban mázakban
superessive mázon mázakon
adessive máznál mázaknál
illative mázba mázakba
sublative mázra mázakra
allative mázhoz mázakhoz
elative mázból mázakból
delative mázról mázakról
ablative máztól mázaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		mázé mázaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		mázéi mázakéi
Possessive forms of máz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mázam mázaim
2nd person sing. mázad mázaid
3rd person sing. máza mázai
1st person plural mázunk mázaink
2nd person plural mázatok mázaitok
3rd person plural mázuk mázaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ máz 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.)

Further reading

  • máz 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
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