Objektumban

Objektumban is the inessive form of the Hungarian noun objektum, meaning “in the object.” It denotes a location inside an object and is used in contexts where the object is the reference point, rather than the object as a subject or object of knowledge. The term objektum is a loanword in Hungarian, deriving from Latin or Greek via other languages, and objektumban is its locative singular form. For plural references, the form would be objektumokban.

Morphology and usage

Objektumban is formed by attaching the locative suffix -ban to the base noun objektum. The corresponding plural locative is objektumokban. This form is typical in technical, scientific, or philosophical writing, where authors need to specify that something lies inside or within the interior of an object. It is less common in everyday speech, where more general terms like belsejében (inside) or a tárgyban (in the object) might be used depending on context.

Examples

- Az elektron az objektumban található. (The electron is located in the object.)

- A mintát az objektumban tárolják. (The sample is stored in the object.)

Relation to other terms

Objektum can refer to an object in a general sense, an item or component, or an object of knowledge in philosophical or scientific discussion. Objektumban contrasts with forms that indicate location outside the object (pl. objektumon, in relation to a surface) and with expressions that emphasize the object as a concept rather than its interior.

See also

Hungarian locative case, inessive, objektum, object in Hungarian academic terminology.