Melyekben
Melyekben is a Hungarian relative pronoun form used to introduce a clause that specifies location inside multiple antecedents. It combines the archaic relative pronoun mely (which) with the plural ending -ek to form melyek, and the locative suffix -ben meaning in or inside. The whole form means in which ones or inside which (plural).
In modern standard Hungarian, the form melyekben is considered formal or literary; in everyday speech and writing,
- melyekben introduces a relative clause that describes where something occurs or is located within multiple items
- It agrees in number with the antecedent (plural). For singular antecedents, forms such as melyben or
- It can appear in questions about locations within several items, though such interrogatives are less common
- Az irodákban, melyekben sok ember dolgozik, csendes a légkör. (In the offices, in which many people
- A szótárakban, melyekben a szó eredete is feltüntethető, részletes definíciók találhatók. (In the dictionaries, in which
Related forms include amelyben (singular) and amelyekben (plural), with melyekben retained mainly in formal or literary