Lépései

Lépései is a Hungarian linguistic term used to denote the steps belonging to a person or entity. Grammatically, it is the plural noun lépés (step) combined with the third-person possessive suffix, forming a form that translates roughly to "his/her/its steps."

The word is formed from the base lépés, meaning a single act of stepping or a manner of moving. Pluralizing yields lépések (steps), and adding the possessive ending signals ownership by a third party, resulting in lépései. This construction is common in Hungarian to express possession of multiple steps or movements, whether in literal movement, dance, or figurative sequences in processes or plans.

Usage of lépései tends to occur in contexts such as describing physical movement (for example, in dance or gait) and in metaphorical phrases that outline stages or actions within a procedure. Examples include: "A táncos lépései finomak voltak" (The dancer’s steps were graceful) and "Ez a projekt előtt álló lépései" (the steps ahead for this project). It can also appear in discussions of strategy or decision-making, where "a vállalat lépései" refers to a company’s sequence of actions.

In cultural and linguistic references, lépései underscores possession of movement patterns or procedural steps, highlighting how Hungarian encodes ownership within a noun phrase through suffixation rather than separate possessive determiners.

See also: lépés, lépések, magyar nyelvtan, birtokos szerkezetek.