Szignifikánsnak

Szignifikánsnak is a grammatical form of the Hungarian adjective szignifikáns, meaning “significant” in English. The suffix –nak is the standard dative marker for third‑person singular, used to indicate a target, beneficiary, or recipient of an action. In this form, szignifikánsnak functions as the indirect object of a verb or a prepositional phrase that requires the dative case.

The base adjective szignifikáns comes from the Latin term significare “to signify” and has been incorporated into Hungarian scholarly and everyday vocabulary to describe statistical significance, notable importance, or conspicuous prominence. The dative variant szignifikánsnak is employed in sentences such as “A kutatás eredményei szignifikánsnak tekintettek” (The research results were considered significant) or “Segítséget szignifikánsnak kell adni a szeti beavatkozásnak” (Support must be given to the significant intervention).

In Hungarian morphology, the dative case can also appear without the –nak suffix when preceded by a possessive pronoun, but the isolated form szignifikánsnak remains a common standalone form. It is applicable in both formal academic contexts and informal speech when indicating that something is important or makes a difference. The word is part of the larger family of adjectives such as szignifikáns, szignifikánsabb, and szignifikáns legnagyobb, and its antonyms include jelentéktelen and unhatásos.