Kollégád

Kollégád is a Hungarian noun phrase meaning “your colleague.” It is formed from the noun kolléga (colleague) plus the second-person singular possessive suffix -d, indicating that the colleague belongs to or is associated with the person being spoken to. The base word kolléga traces back to the Latin collegā, via European borrowings such as French collègue or English colleague.

In everyday Hungarian, kollégád refers to a coworker of the addressee in informal contexts. It is commonly used when speaking to someone you know well or casually. For formal address, speakers typically avoid this casual possessive form and may use a construction such as az Ön kollégája (“your colleague” formal) or rephrase the sentence to maintain formality. The possessive suffixes in Hungarian also allow forms like kollégádnak (to your colleague) and kollégáid (your colleagues), which can be inflected for different grammatical cases.

Examples include:

- A kollégád itt van? (Is your colleague here?)

- A kollégád segített a projekten. (Your colleague helped with the project.)

- Kérlek, szólj a kollégádnak, hogy hívja vissza. (Please tell your colleague to call back.)

Related terms include munkatárs, a more formal or widely used synonym for colleague, and társ, meaning partner or companion in a workplace context. Karaktere és használati körök szerint a kollégád általában informális, barátságosabb tónusú kifejezés.