Eseteiben

Eseteiben is a Hungarian term used in linguistic and grammatical contexts. It refers to “in its cases,” formed from the noun eset (case or instance) plus the possessive suffix -e and the locative suffix -iben. The resulting form eseteiben literally translates to “in its cases” and is used to discuss how a word or category varies across its inflectional forms.

Morphologically, eseteiben can be analyzed as eset + e + iben. It demonstrates how Hungarian combines possession and location into a single noun phrase, and it is typically used as an adverbial or adjectival phrase that modifies a verb or another noun in academic prose. The construction illustrates the language’s flexibility in chaining affixes to express nuanced relations between a thing and its forms.

Usage of eseteiben is most common in linguistic descriptions, grammars, and scholarly analyses of inflection. It helps describe the behavior of inflection across all cases or to reference the contexts in which different forms occur. Outside of academic writing, the form is relatively rare and may sound marked to speakers not specialized in linguistics.

Example:

A főnév eseteiben többféle rag jelenik meg. Translation: In the noun’s cases, several suffixes appear.

See also: Hungarian grammar, case, inflection, inessive and locative suffixes.