éllényre

Éllényre is a term that appears in discussions of linguistic theory and fantasy world-building. It denotes a hypothetical grammatical category intended to encode relations where the referent is a living being. Because éllényre is not attested in any known natural language and has no universal definition, its precise meaning depends on the author or framework in which it is used.

Etymology and morphology: The form seems to be constructed from the Hungarian noun lény, meaning "being" or "creature," combined with a suffix or with a Hungarian-like morphology. In published speculations, éllényre is treated as a neologism rather than a standard morpheme, and its exact morphosyntactic realization varies; proposals range from marking animacy or recipienthood to signaling a directional relation toward a being.

Uses and interpretations: In theoretical discussions, éllényre is used as a thought experiment to explore how a language could encode relations centered on living beings, particularly in systems that make explicit animacy distinctions. In conlang communities, it may be introduced as an animate-focused case or directional marker. Some writers employ the term as a metaphor for ethical agency in speech acts, noting that the lack of a fixed definition makes it a flexible concept rather than a standardized grammatical category.

See also: Animacy, Case grammar, Constructed language, Linguistic typology.