Alvását

Alvását is a Hungarian noun form derived from alvás, meaning sleep. It represents the possessive form of sleep for a third-person subject, combined with the definite direct-object suffix, resulting in a form that translates roughly to “his/her sleep” when used as a definite object in a sentence. For example, megzavarta az alvását means “it disturbed his/her sleep.”

Morphology and usage

The base noun alvás (sleep) receives the 3rd-person possessive suffix, producing alvása (“his/her sleep”). To mark the phrase as a definite direct object, the suffix -t is added, yielding alvását. This construction is common in sentences with transitive verbs that take a definite direct object, such as megzavarni (to disturb) or felkavarni (to disrupt). In practice, a typical clause is: A zaj megzavarta az alvását, meaning “The noise disturbed his/her sleep.”

Related forms and terms

Alvás forms are used in combination with other mood and tense markers to describe sleep-related events. Related terms include alváshiány (sleep deprivation), alvászavar (sleep disorder), and alvó (sleeping, or sleeper). The word alvás and its inflected forms are part of standard Hungarian morphology, illustrating how possession and definiteness interact with object marking.

Etymology and overview

Alvás originates from the Hungarian root for sleep, and alvását demonstrates how possessive suffixes and definite-object suffixes are layered onto a noun to convey ownership and syntactic role. The form is entirely standard and commonly found in narrative and descriptive prose when referencing someone’s sleep as a definite object of an action.