máz
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian maz, Russian мазь (mazʹ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]máz (plural mázak)
- (ceramics) glaze, varnish (the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain)
- (cooking) icing, frosting, glaze (a smooth edible coating applied to food)
- (figuratively, colloquial, humorous) skin (used when the skin is injured due to a small accident)
- Lement a máz a térdemről. ― I skinned my knee. (literally, “The varnish went off my knee.”)
- (figuratively, literary, derogatory) veneer, varnish (an attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of máz | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | máz | mázak |
accusative | mázt mázat |
mázakat |
dative | máznak | mázaknak |
instrumental | mázzal | mázakkal |
causal-final | mázért | mázakért |
translative | mázzá | mázakká |
terminative | mázig | mázakig |
essive-formal | mázként | mázakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mázban | mázakban |
superessive | mázon | mázakon |
adessive | máznál | mázaknál |
illative | mázba | mázakba |
sublative | mázra | mázakra |
allative | mázhoz | mázakhoz |
elative | mázból | mázakból |
delative | mázról | mázakról |
ablative | máztól | mázaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mázé | mázaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mázéi | mázakéi |
Possessive forms of máz | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mázam | mázaim |
2nd person sing. | mázad | mázaid |
3rd person sing. | máza | mázai |
1st person plural | mázunk | mázaink |
2nd person plural | mázatok | mázaitok |
3rd person plural | mázuk | mázaik |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
References
[edit]- ^ máz 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
[edit]- máz 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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