Listájára

Listájára is a Hungarian postpositional phrase meaning “onto (someone’s) list” or “to (someone’s) list.” It is formed from lista (list) with the 3rd-person possessive suffix ja/-ja to yield listája (his/her/its list), followed by the postpositional suffix -ra/-re that marks direction or location. When combined, the result is listájára, a form that signals inclusion on or addition to a specific person’s list.

Morphology and usage. The structure illustrates how Hungarian stacks affixes: lista + possessive suffix → listája, then listája + -ra/-re → listájára. The choice of -ra (a back-vowel suffix) reflects vowel harmony rules in Hungarian. The phrase functions as a complement of verbs that denote placing, adding, or including something on a list, such as került (to end up on), felkerült (to be added to), or felvett (to take onto). In this sense, listájára encodes not just location but target ownership—whose list is being referred to.

Common contexts. Listájára appears in administrative, political, and organizational language when describing items or candidates being added to a specific person’s list. Examples include: “A jelöltek a polgármester listájára kerültek” (The nominees were added to the mayor’s list) and “Az új tételek listájára felkerültek” (The new items were added to the list).

Related forms. The phrase contrasts with other case forms of a possessed noun (e.g., listája, listájáról, listájára) that express different relations such as ownership, origin, or location. The construction exemplifies Hungarian postpositional syntax and the interaction of possessive and directional suffixes.

See also. Hungarian grammar, postpositions, possessive suffixes, vowel harmony.