Forrásaival

Forrásaival is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “with its sources” or “together with its sources.” It is a combination of the noun forrás (source) with the possessive suffix -a, yielding forrása (its source), and the instrumental plural suffix -ival, giving forrásaival. The result expresses accompaniment or possession in terms of sources and is typical in formal or academic language.

Morphology and construction: the base noun forrás takes the third-person possessive suffix -a to indicate ownership or association (forrása = its source). The instrumental plural suffix -ival is then appended, producing the fused form forrásaival. This demonstrates Hungarian’s tendency to stack multiple suffixes on a stem to encode possession, number and relation (instrument/association) in a single word. The actual spelling adheres to vowel harmony rules, with the -ival portion harmonizing with the surrounding vowels.

Usage: forrásaival is used when describing a work, document, or statement that is accompanied by or supported by its own cited sources. It appears in scholarly writing, academic notes, bibliographies, and descriptive passages about texts. Examples:

- A dolgozat forrásaival alátámasztva készült. (The paper was prepared with its sources to support it.)

- A kiadvány forrásaival együtt jelent meg. (The publication appeared together with its sources.)

Notes: while common in formal Hungarian, forrásaival is a specialized form primarily encountered in written, formal discourse. It illustrates how Hungarian forms convey complex relationships through suffixation, without separate prepositions.

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