marék

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Hungarian

Etymology

See marok.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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