Megvilágítva

Megvilágítva is a Hungarian participial form derived from the verb megvilágítani, meaning to illuminate or light up. It denotes a state that has resulted from illumination and can function as an adjective or as an adverbial participle, typically in more formal or descriptive contexts. The form is built from the prefix meg- and the suffix -va/-ve, indicating a completed action or a resulting condition.

In usage, megvilágítva is less common in everyday speech than the related adjective megvilágított, which simply describes something that is lit. Megvilágítva often appears in written, descriptive, or technical prose, or in participial phrases that characterize a subject by its lighted state. It can appear with auxiliary verbs to express tense, for example megvilágítva volt meaning “had been illuminated.”

Examples include: Az út megvilágítva volt, mire odaértünk. A kiemelt rész megvilágítva látszik. These illustrate how the form can describe a physical state resulting from lighting and can function within a clause to convey a condition of illumination.

Figuratively, megvilágítani can also mean to shed light on a topic; in this sense megvilágítva may appear in more formal writing to describe a situation that has been clarified or illuminated by insight, though in practice the base adjective megvilágított or the verb megvilágítani is more commonly used.

See also: megvilágítás (illumination), világítás (lighting), felvilágosítás (enlightenment/information).