Motívumaival

Motívumaival is a Hungarian grammatical form used to refer to a work’s motifs in an instrumental sense. It is formed from the noun motívum (motif) with the plural possessive suffix -ai and the instrumental suffix -val/-vel, yielding motívumaival meaning “with its motifs.” In analysis, this construction signals that a text, artwork, or other object employs, presents, or develops its motifs as part of its structure or meaning.

In practice, motívumaival appears in scholarly and critical writing to describe how motifs function within a work. It can indicate inclusion, recurrence, or variation of motifs, and is often found in phrases such as a mű motívumaival kapcsolatos elemzések or a regény motívumaival foglalkozó tanulmány. While common in formal Hungarian criticism, it can be stylistically heavy; writers may also use simpler alternatives like motívumokkal or motívumok tekintetében depending on the register.

Notes on usage: motívumaival emphasizes the motifs as concrete features that the work carries or engages with, rather than abstractly referring to motifs in general. It is most suitable when the analysis aims to map specific motifs to themes, character development, or narrative structure. See also motívum, motif in literary analysis, and irodalomtudományi terminológia (literary terminology).