Halálának

Halálának is a Hungarian grammatical form derived from the noun halál (death). It combines the base with possessive and inflectional suffixes to express “of his/her/its death” or, depending on context, “the death of someone/something.” In practice, halálának is used to link death to a specific possessor in a genitive-like construction.

In usage, halálának appears in formal or written Hungarian, such as obituaries, historical accounts, medical or legal reports, and scholarly writing. It enables phrases like halálának oka (the cause of his death), halálának körülményei (the circumstances of his death), or halálának időpontja (the time of his death). The exact possessor is determined by context or an explicit noun earlier in the sentence or surrounding text.

Halálának contrasts with halála, which also means “his/her death” but is a simpler, often less possessive form used as a predicate or standalone noun phrase. The choice between halálának and halála (or other possessive forms) depends on the desired emphasis and syntactic role within the sentence. Like other Hungarian possessive genitive constructions, halálának consistently expresses a relation of possession or association between halál and a third-party reference.

In short, halálának is the standard genitive/possessive form for discussing “the death of” a particular person or entity in formal Hungarian writing.