Forrása

Forrása is a Hungarian noun form that expresses possession: it is the word for forrás (source, spring, origin) with a third-person possessive suffix. In other words, forrása means “its/that thing’s source” or “the source of X.” The sense of forrása can refer to a physical water spring as well as to the origin or basis of information, evidence, an idea, or a claim. The suffix -a (with vowel harmony) marks the possessor in this construction.

In use, forrása typically appears as the possessed noun after a determiner or another noun, to indicate the source belonging to that noun. For example, A cikk forrása egy kormányzati közlemény. translates to “The article’s source is a government statement.” A patak forrása a hegyen fakad means “The source of the stream originates at the mountain.” It can also occur with non-physical sources, such as A szoftver forrása nyilvános, meaning “The software’s source is public” (in context referring to source code).

Relationship to related terms: forrás is a broad term meaning source, origin, or spring; forrása is its possessive form, used when specifying what belongs to or originates from another noun. In many cases, the same idea can be expressed with different word orders or synonyms, for example using eredet or forráskód in specialized contexts (the latter specifically for source code).

See also: forrás, eredet, forráskód, vízforrás.