Lépéseken

Lépéseken is a Hungarian term that functions as the locative plural form of lépés (step). It literally means "on the steps" and is used to indicate the location of something on stairs or along a sequence of steps. In Hungarian, the locative case marks location on a surface; the plural locative is formed by taking the plural lépések (steps) and adding the locative suffix -en, yielding lépéseken. The spelling lépéseken is common in everyday usage, reflecting standard orthography and phonology.

Usage: Lépéseken appears primarily in descriptive or narrative texts, architectural descriptions, travel writing, or signage where a position relative to stairs must be specified. It is suitable for describing the placement of objects or the path of movement on a staircase, or in poetic passages that evoke a route laid out on steps.

Notes: The form is a grammatical inflection rather than a word with independent lexical meaning; its function is to express location. It should be distinguished from lépések, the bare plural meaning “steps,” and from other locative phrases such as a lépéseken át (through the steps) or a lépések alatt (under the steps).