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Hungarian
Etymology
See marok.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Its most common inflected form is marékkal, while its plural and possessive forms are not used (but see the declension of marok).
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- 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