Fennálsz

Fennálsz is a term used in the context of the fictional language Fenni, where it designates the second-person singular present tense form of the verb fennálni. In Fenni, fennálni means “to stand up” or more figuratively “to take a strong, assertive position.” The form fennálsz corresponds to the English “you stand” or “you assert yourself” and is primarily found in debate, rhetoric, and public discourse within the fictional world. The word is not attested outside Fenni and does not have a direct equivalent in real-world Hungarian.

Etymology and morphology: fennálsz is built from the prefix fenn- meaning “up” or “forward” combined with the verb stem áll- (to stand), with the infinitive fennálni and the second-person singular present suffix -sz, here realized as -sz through vowel harmony. The orthography uses the acute accent on the a to indicate length (á). It follows standard Fenni conjugation patterns, with fennálsz parallel to other verbs in the same paradigm (infinitive fennálni, 3rd person singular fennál, etc.).

Usage and register: In the fictional corpus, fennálsz tends to appear in formal or semi-formal discourse, often in political speeches, formal debates, or commentary about stance-taking. It is sometimes used metaphorically to describe a speaker as “standing above” others in argument. The term is treated as a standard lexical item in Fenni dictionaries within the worldbuilding context but is not common in casual writing among speakers in the fictional setting.