Sorának

Sorának is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun sor, which can mean line, row, queue, or sequence depending on context. In grammar, sorának functions as a possessive/genitive construction used to indicate possession or association with a third-person possessor. The form commonly appears in noun phrases that express “the line’s,” “the row’s,” or “its line/sequence,” such as in phrases referring to parts or attributes belonging to something else.

Usage and meaning

Sorának is typically employed to show that a noun or its attribute belongs to or is related to another element in a sentence. Because sor has multiple senses—line (a physical row), queue (a waiting line), and sequence (in mathematics or programming)—the exact interpretation of sorának depends on the surrounding context. In everyday or literary Hungarian, it appears in constructions that translate roughly to “the line’s end,” “the sequence’s elements,” or “the row’s order,” among other possibilities.

Contexts and examples

In general prose, sorának forms part of expressions that describe relationships between objects and their lines, rows, or sequences. In mathematical or computational texts, sor can mean sequence, so sorának may denote possession or association with that sequence. The translation of sorának therefore hinges on the specific sense of sor in the given sentence and the noun it modifies.

See also

Hungarian grammar, possessive constructions, Hungarian morphology, sor (multivalue noun).