Szavainak

Szavainak is a Hungarian grammatical form used to indicate possession or association of the noun szavak (words) by a third-person possessor. It is a typical inflected form that appears in noun phrases where the possessor is someone else, and it often translates into English as “of his/her/its words” or “to his/her/its words,” depending on the sentence structure. The form is created through the standard Hungarian pattern of attaching possessive and case endings to the base word.

In practice, szavainak occurs in contexts such as discussing the words spoken by a person or the words attributed to a source. It is commonly found in both formal and literary prose, as well as political or journalistic writing, where the emphasis is on the content, weight, or consequence of someone’s words. Examples include phrases like szavainak hatása (the impact of his/her words) and Figyelj a szavainak súlyára (pay attention to the weight of his/her words). Another common use is to refer to the words belonging to a figure or speaker within a larger narrative or argument.

Notes for readers: as with many Hungarian inflected forms, the exact nuance of szavainak is determined by context, including who the possessor is and what role the words play in the sentence (possession, attribution, or an indirect reference). The form is one element of a broader system in which nouns, pronouns, and verbs interact to express relationships between speakers, sources, and statements. See also szavak, szavai, and related possessive forms for further examples.