Megmaradó

Megmaradó is a Hungarian adjectival form and present participle derived from the verb megmarad, meaning "to remain" or "to survive." It is commonly translated into English as "remaining," "residual," or "surviving," and is used to describe persons, objects, values, or conditions that continue to exist after other elements have changed or been removed.

Morphology and pronunciation: the word is formed from the prefix meg- and the verb stem marad, with the participial suffix -ó, yielding megmaradó. In Hungarian pronunciation it is approximately /mɛɡmɒrɑːdoː/. As a nominalized adjective it can take plural and case endings like other Hungarian nouns and adjectives (e.g., megmaradók, megmaradóként).

Usage: megmaradó functions attributively ("a megmaradó épület" — "the remaining building") and predicatively, and may be nominalized to refer to groups ("a megmaradók" — "those who remain" or "the survivors"). It appears in everyday language as well as technical contexts, such as legal, economic, and archival discussions (for example, "megmaradó érték" — "residual value" or "a megmaradó dokumentumok" — "the surviving documents").

Related forms include megmarad (verb), megmaradt (past participle), and megmaradás (noun: "survival" or "continuation"). The term is specific to Hungarian morphology and usage and does not denote a distinct concept beyond its lexical meaning in the language.