marok

See also: Marok

Hungarian

marok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒrok]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric *mᴕrɜ (hollow of the hand, palm of the hand) + -k (nominal suffix).[1][2]

Noun

marok (usually uncountable, plural markok)

  1. (anatomy) hollow of the hand/palm
  2. (figuratively) grip, hand (as the symbol of power, used in phrases with its inflected forms)
    a markában tartto have someone under one's thumb
  3. (folksy) bundle (a fistful of wheat when harvesting with sickles or scythes; the bundles are tied into sheaves using straw)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative marok markok
accusative markot markokat
dative maroknak markoknak
instrumental marokkal markokkal
causal-final marokért markokért
translative marokká markokká
terminative marokig markokig
essive-formal marokként markokként
essive-modal
inessive marokban markokban
superessive markon markokon
adessive maroknál markoknál
illative marokba markokba
sublative marokra markokra
allative marokhoz markokhoz
elative marokból markokból
delative marokról markokról
ablative maroktól markoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
maroké markoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
marokéi markokéi
Possessive forms of marok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. markom markaim
2nd person sing. markod markaid
3rd person sing. marka markai
1st person plural markunk markaink
2nd person plural markotok markaitok
3rd person plural markuk markaik
Derived terms
Compound words
  • marokszedő
  • vasmarok
Expressions
  • markába nevet
  • markába nyom
  • markában tart
  • markot szed
  • marokra fog
  • tartja a markát

Etymology 2

mar + -ok (personal suffix)

Verb

marok

  1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of mar

References

  1. Entry #1812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. marok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • marok 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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