Kapása

Kapása is a Hungarian linguistic form that functions as the third-person possessive of the noun kapás. The base kapás means a catch or bite, especially in fishing or sports contexts, and kapása denotes “his/her/its catch” or “the catch of …” when used in a noun phrase. In Hungarian, possessive forms are created by adding suffixes to the noun stem; for kapás the possessive suffix -a yields kapása. The form thus appears in sentences to indicate ownership or association with the catch.

Etymology and meaning are straightforward: kapás originates from the verb kapni, meaning “to catch.” The word kapása simply supplies the possessive relationship to a subject, e.g., a person, animal, or object previously referenced as having a catch.

Usage notes are that kapása is not typically used as an independent lexical item. Rather, it is an inflected form used within larger noun phrases to express possession, such as “the catch belonging to someone.” It can appear in prose discussing fishing, hunting, or discussions of outcomes where a “catch” is a focal element. The form is inflected and follows regular Hungarian possessive patterns; other possessive forms of kapás would be kapásom (my catch), kapásod (your catch), kapása (his/her/its catch), kapásunk (our catch), and so on.

Apart from its grammatical role, kapása can also occur as a surname in Hungarian, in which case it is capitalized as Kapása.

See also: kapás (the base noun), Hungarian possessive forms. References to standard Hungarian dictionaries and grammar resources can confirm the exact usage in context.