Méreteit

Méreteit is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun méret, meaning size or measurement. It is used to denote possession of sizes, typically translating to “its sizes” or “their sizes” in English, depending on the possessor in the sentence. The form illustrates how Hungarian marks both possession and number on a noun within a noun phrase.

Form and usage

Hungarian expresses possession through suffixes attached to the possessed noun. Méreteit signals that the sizes belong to someone or something else and that the reference is to multiple sizes. The exact ending can vary with context, harmony rules, and the person/number of the possessor. In standard usage, other related forms such as méretei or méretének may also appear in different grammatical environments, but méreteit specifically appears in contexts where the sentence requires the particular suffix sequence that marks this possessive relation.

Examples

- A ruha méreteit meg kell nézni. (The garment’s sizes must be checked.)

- A termék leírása a méreteit is tartalmazza. (The product description also includes its sizes.)

Notes

Méreteit demonstrates Hungarian’s agglutinative approach to grammar, where possessive, number, and sometimes definiteness are encoded in a chain of suffixes on a base noun. As with many Hungarian word forms, its exact appearance can shift with surrounding syntax and the specific possessor being referenced.

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