Személyéhez

Személyéhez is a Hungarian grammatical form created by combining the noun személy (person) with the third-person possessive suffix -é and the allative suffix -hez, yielding személyéhez. The overall meaning is "to the person" or "to his/her/its person," and it is used to indicate direction toward or reference to the person in question. The construction thus expresses both possession (whose person) and direction (toward that person).

Morphology and usage

The base word is személy. Add the possessive suffix -é to form személyé (his/her/its person). Then attach the allative suffix -hez to obtain személyéhez, which is read as “to the person.” The allative suffix can appear as -hoz, -hez, or -höz depending on phonological harmony, but in this case the combination results in -éhez. This form is most common in formal or written Hungarian, including administrative, legal, or ceremonial contexts.

Examples

- A levél a személyéhez íródott. (The letter was written to the person.)

- A panasz a személyéhez fordult. (The complaint was directed to the person.)

These examples illustrate how személyéhez marks both ownership (the person in question) and the direction toward that person.

Notes

Személyéhez is relatively formal and may sound technical in everyday speech. In colloquial usage, speakers often replace it with more natural constructions depending on the intended meaning, such as referring to “a személynek” or “a személyhöz” without the possessive noun form.