Személynél

Személynél is a Hungarian locative form built from the noun személy (person) with the locative suffix -nál/-nél. The form személynél means “at the person” or “near the person” and is used to indicate a location in relation to a person rather than a physical object at a distance. It is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning; rather, it is a grammatical form functioning within a noun phrase.

In Hungarian, the locative case serves to express location, proximity, or reference to a person or thing. Személynél follows the general rule of attaching -nál/-nél to the stem személy to produce the corresponding locative. The spelling személynél reflects vowel harmony and standard orthography. The form appears in formal, descriptive, or narrative contexts where the author wants to specify where something is in relation to a person, for example to describe placement, proximity, or spatial relations involving people.

Usage notes: személynél tends to occur in written Hungarian, especially in descriptive passages, procedures, or reports where precise positioning relative to a person matters. It can combine with modifiers or determiners, such as a személynél vagy a személynél lévő tárgy, to convey “the object near the person” or “the object at the person’s location.”

See also: személy, -nál, -nél (locative suffixes in Hungarian), spatial expressions in Hungarian.