marék

Hungarian

Etymology

See marok.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒreːk]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rék
  • Rhymes: -eːk

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 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).

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
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