marék
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒreːk]
- Hyphenation: ma‧rék
- Rhymes: -eːk
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).
| 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
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Further reading
- marék in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.