Melléknévnek

Melléknévnek is the dative singular form of melléknév, the Hungarian noun meaning “adjective.” In linguistic and grammatical descriptions, melléknévnek is used to indicate that a word is functioning as an adjective or to label a word as belonging to the category of adjectives.

Morphology and function

The form melléknévnek appears when the noun melléknév is used in a predicative or categorial sense, typically after verbs that govern a complement in the dative case, such as tekint vagy minősül. In practice, it marks the semantic role of the word being discussed as an adjective, rather than as a noun or another part of speech.

Common uses

- A szó melléknévnek minősül. (The word is classified as an adjective.)

- A szó melléknévnek tekinthető. (The word can be regarded as an adjective.)

These constructions are common in grammar explanations, dictionaries, and language descriptions when illustrating how adjectives function in Hungarian.

Etymology

The term melléknév originates from mellé- (beside, next to) and név (name), reflecting the historical idea of an adjective as a word placed beside a noun to describe it. The form melléknévnek is simply the dative singular inflection used in this descriptive context.

See also

Related terms include melléknév (adjective) and főnév (noun), as well as verbs that take adjectival complements, such as minősül (to be regarded as) and tekinteni (to consider).