mérettel

Mérettel is a grammatical form in Hungarian, representing the instrumental case of the noun méret, which means size or dimension. The instrumental case is used to express the instrument or means by which an action is carried out, or to indicate accompaniment in various constructions. When the word méret takes the instrumental suffix, the result is mérettel, the standard form found in written Hungarian.

Formation and phonology: Méret plus the instrumental suffix -tel yields mérettel. The final t of méret is geminated before the suffix, producing the double t in mérettel. This reflects Hungarian morphophonological rules for attaching suffixes to consonant-final stems, where the phonology of the word and the suffix interact in predictable ways.

Usage: Mérettel appears in contexts where size is the means or instrument of an action, or where size is an accompanying attribute of an event or object. It is one of several instrumental forms in Hungarian; the choice of -val/-vel is determined by phonology and conventional usage, rather than exclusively by semantic meaning.

See also: Hungarian grammar, Instrumental case, Hungarian suffixes.