Dobozhoz

Dobozhoz is a Hungarian directional form derived from the noun doboz (box) plus the suffix -hoz, used to indicate movement toward a destination. It roughly translates to “to the box” in English and is part of the broader family of postpositional suffixes in Hungarian that express direction.

Grammatically, -hoz is one of the vowel-harmony suffixes in Hungarian, with the forms -hoz, -hez, and -höz used depending on the phonological context of the stem. For doboz, whose last vowel is a back vowel (o), the appropriate form is -hoz, yielding dobozhoz. The suffix is attached to the noun and combines with verbs of motion to mark the target of the action, rather than a location.

In use, dobozhoz marks the goal of movement. Examples include megyek a dobozhoz (I am going to the box) or a dobozhoz vezető út (the road leading to the box). The construction can be extended with modifiers or embedded in larger phrases, such as a dobozhoz közeli hely (a place near the box) when followed by the appropriate grammatical adjustments.

Dobozhoz illustrates how Hungarian expresses destination with postpositional suffixes rather than standalone prepositions. It is commonly encountered in everyday language, packing, storage contexts, and descriptive phrases involving a box as a destination. Related forms with other stems follow the same vowel-harmony rules to indicate “to,” “toward,” or “in the direction of.”