marha

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Old High German marchat (“market”).

Pronunciation

Noun

marha (plural marhák)

  1. head of cattle, animal of the species Bos taurus
    Synonym: szarvasmarha
    Hyponym: see szarvasmarha
  2. (colloquial) beef (meat from a cow)
    Synonym: marhahús
  3. (vulgar) blockhead (a stupid person)
    Synonym: állat
  4. (archaic) farm animal
  5. (archaic) asset, valuables, riches (possession of relatively great value)
    Synonyms: vagyon, vagyontárgy, értéktárgy
    • 1856, János Arany, Szondi két apródja (The Two Pages of Szondi, translated by Ádám Makkai (Q674247)), verse 11:
      A vár piacára ezüstöt, aranyt, / Sok nagybecsü marhát máglyába kihordat; / Harcos paripái nyihognak alant: / Szügyeikben tőrt keze forgat.
      On the fortress’ square all the silver and gold / Szondi has them build a treasure-pyre mighty; / with dagger in hand he must, fearless and bold, / put to death every whinnying palfrey.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative marha marhák
accusative marhát marhákat
dative marhának marháknak
instrumental marhával marhákkal
causal-final marháért marhákért
translative marhává marhákká
terminative marháig marhákig
essive-formal marhaként marhákként
essive-modal — —
inessive marhában marhákban
superessive marhán marhákon
adessive marhánál marháknál
illative marhába marhákba
sublative marhára marhákra
allative marhához marhákhoz
elative marhából marhákból
delative marháról marhákról
ablative marhától marháktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		marháé marháké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		marháéi marhákéi
Possessive forms of marha
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. marhám marháim
2nd person sing. marhád marháid
3rd person sing. marhája marhái
1st person plural marhánk marháink
2nd person plural marhátok marháitok
3rd person plural marhájuk marháik

Derived terms

Compound words

Descendants

  • Romanian: marfă

Further reading

  • marha 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

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian морх (morx).

Pronunciation

Noun

marha

  1. fringe (decorative border)

Declension

Declension of marha (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative marha marhat
genitive marhan marhoin
partitive marhaa marhoja
illative marhaa marhoi
inessive marhaas marhois
elative marhast marhoist
allative marhalle marhoille
adessive marhaal marhoil
ablative marhalt marhoilt
translative marhaks marhoiks
essive marhanna, marhaan marhoinna, marhoin
exessive1) marhant marhoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 297

Old High German

Noun

marha f

  1. mare
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