Kísérleteiben

Kísérleteiben is a form of the Hungarian noun kísérlet (experiment) used to express “in his/her experiments.” It results from adding a possessive suffix that marks ownership and the inessive suffix -ben to indicate location inside those experiments. The base word kísérlet comes from the verb kísérni, meaning to try, test, or attempt, and the form kísérleteiben is a common example of how Hungarian combines possession and location in a single word.

Usage and meaning: The expression is typically found in scientific, biographical, and analytical texts. It locates a statement, observation, or result within the experiments conducted by a specific subject, rather than describing general or outside observations. It can emphasize that conclusions stem from that person’s experimental work.

Examples:

- A kutató kísérleteiben számos új megfigyelés történt.

- A történet a kísérleteiben megfogalmazott hipotézisen alapul.

Morphology and related forms: In Hungarian, forms like kísérleteiben are part of a broader pattern of possessive and case suffixes used to express ownership and spatial relation. Related forms include kísérleteimben (in my experiments) for first person, and kísérletei (his/her experiments) in the nominative or other cases outside the inessive. These forms illustrate how Hungarian builds meaning through suffixal morphology rather than separate prepositions.

See also: Hungarian grammar on possessive suffixes and the inessive case; examples of noun inflection in Hungarian scientific writing.