Szappanhoz

Szappanhoz is a Hungarian directional form created by attaching the suffix -hoz to the noun szappan (soap). It marks direction toward the object or a relation connected to it and can be translated roughly as “to the soap” in English.

Morphology and form: The suffix -hoz has three allomorphs in Hungarian: -hoz, -hez, -höz. The choice among them depends on phonological rules related to the stem and surrounding sounds. For the noun szappan, the conventional form used is szappanhoz. This suffix is part of the broader -hoz/-hez/-höz paradigm that expresses direction toward or destination and is considered a dative/locative-type suffix rather than a separate preposition.

Usage: Szappanhoz is used in contexts describing movement toward a location or object, indicating destination, recipient, or beneficiary in sentences with verbs of motion or transfer. It functions as an affix that specifies a directional or relational link to the referent named by the base noun. Example: "A gyerek a szappanhoz lépett" (The child stepped toward the soap). While rare in everyday speech, the form illustrates how Hungarian uses case-like suffixes to encode spatial and relational meaning on nouns.

Notes: Like other -hoz/-hez/-höz forms, szappanhoz does not add independent meaning to szappan beyond the directional/relational nuance. It is cited in grammar as an instance of the Hungarian dative/directional suffix system.