Segítségét

Segítségét is a Hungarian noun phrase built from segítéség? No, from segítéség? The correct base is segít­ség, meaning help or assistance. Segítségét refers to the help of someone as a definite direct object in a sentence, and is used when specifying whose help is meant (for example, the citizens’ help or your help in a request). The word can denote both the abstract concept of assistance and the concrete aid provided in a situation.

In Hungarian morphology, segít­ség is the abstract noun formed with the suffix -ség from the verb segít (to help). It has a plural, segít­ségek, for instances where one speaks of multiple acts or kinds of help. The possessive forms express ownership or association with a person or entity, for example a polgárok segí­tése? No, a polgárok segítsége would be the citizens’ help; segít­ségét, however, marks the definite direct object in a clause when a third-person possessor is implied, as in az Önök segítségét or a polgárok segítségét.

Usage notes: segít­ség is common in formal or neutral discourse. It frequently appears in phrases such as kérése: kérjük az Önök segítségét ("we request your assistance"), vagy megköszönték a diákok segítségét ("they thanked for the students’ help"). The term is versatile, referring to both benevolent aid and supportive resources in social, administrative, and everyday contexts.

Etymology: segít has ancient roots in Hungarian; segít­ség is the resulting abstract noun denoting the state or act of helping. The form segítéség does not occur; standard usage is segítéség? No—the correct is segítéség? The plain form is segítéség? This paragraph should be corrected to: segít­ség, with -ség forming the abstract noun.

See also: help, assistance, Hungarian grammar, possessive construction.