Skáláját

Skáláját is a Hungarian grammatical form of the noun skála, meaning "its scale" or "the scale of it" when used as a definite direct object. The word skála covers several related senses, most commonly a musical scale (a sequence of notes) and a measurement scale (a ruler or graduated instrument). In everyday language it can also refer to broader notions of scale or gradation in various technical or figurative contexts.

The base noun skála is a loanword, used in Hungarian for both musical and measurement-related meanings. Its introduction into Hungarian is linked to contact with European languages where equivalents such as scale, scala, or Skala exist. Over time, skála acquired the specific Hungarian senses of musical and measurement scales and became productive in technical vocabulary as well as in colloquial speech.

Skáláját is formed from the stem skála, with the possessive suffix -ja indicating third-person possession (its scale, or the scale of it), followed by the definite direct-object suffix -t. This combination is a feature of Hungarian noun morphology: the possessive suffix attaches to the noun, and when the noun functions as a definite object, the final -t is added. Without possession or without definite object, related forms such as skálája (its scale) or skálát (a scale as an unspecified object) may occur.

Examples of usage include a musician practicing his or her scale: A zenész a skáláját gyakorolja. Another context might refer to a device’s readout: A műszer skáláját beállították. These forms illustrate how skáláját marks both ownership and definite objecthood.

See also: skála, musical scale, measurement scale.