Negyedévekhez

Negyedévekhez is a Hungarian dative plural form that refers to the four three‑month periods into which a calendar or fiscal year is divided. The base term negyedév means a quarter of a year, and negyedévekhez denotes relation or direction toward those quarterly intervals. The expression is used when actions, data, or planning are oriented toward, or organized by, the quarters.

Etymology and morphology: negyedév combines negyed (quarter) with év (year). Its plural nominative is negyedévek, and the suffix -hez marks the dative, indicating direction, association, or reference, yielding negyedévekhez meaning “to the quarters” or “for the quarters.” In Hungarian prose, the form appears in formal or technical contexts where quarterly periods are the referent.

Usage: The term is common in finance, budgeting, statistics, and governance when data or planning are aligned with quarterly intervals. It can describe actions directed at the quarters or data organized by those periods. Examples include: “A vállalat negyedévekhez igazított költségvetést készített,” meaning the budget was adjusted to the quarters; or “A jelentés a negyedévekhez viszonyított teljesítményt mutatja,” indicating performance relative to the quarterly periods. The expression is more typical in specialized texts; everyday language often favors simpler constructions such as negyedéves bontás or negyedévek re.

See also: negyedév, negyedéves, éves bontás, fiskális év.