Médiának

Médiának is the dative singular form of the Hungarian noun média, meaning the media. It is used to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, roughly translated as “to the media” or “for the media.” The form is created by adding the dative suffix -nak/-nek to the stem médi- (resulting in médiának).

Média refers to the system of mass communication channels, including newspapers, television, radio, and online platforms. In Hungarian, média is typically treated as a collective or mass noun, and its inflected forms follow standard noun declension patterns. The dative singular médiának is used when the media is the indirect object of a verb or the target of a statement, such as in public communications or journalism contexts. The plural form is uncommon in everyday usage; speakers more often use the singular média to denote the concept as a whole, or refer to individual outlets with specific terms like médiumok.

Usage notes and examples: Köszönetet mondott a médiának a gyors tájékoztatásért. (He thanked the media for the rapid briefing.) A médiának címzett közlemény a szervezet hivatalos közleménye volt. (The press release addressed to the media was the organization’s official statement.)

See also: média; médium; médiaplatform.