Szintekig

Szintekig is a Hungarian adverbial expression formed from the noun szint (level, tier) and the suffix -ig, which marks extent or boundary. The word denotes that something reaches, spans, or applies up to a certain level or range on a scale. It is mainly used in descriptive or technical prose to express scope, especially in contexts involving levels, stages, or gradations.

Formation and usage

Szintekig functions as a bound indicating limits. It commonly appears in phrases with descriptors such as terjedő (spanning), növekvő (increasing), or fokozódó (intensifying), to signal that an effect or phenomenon reaches as far as multiple levels. Examples include: “A feladatok szintekig terjednek,” meaning that the tasks extend up to several levels; “szintekig terjedő vizsgálat” (an investigation that covers up to multiple levels); or “szintekig fokozódó zaj” (noise increasing to high levels). In many contexts, szintekig emphasizes the upper bound of a range rather than mere approximation.

Etymology and relation to other terms

The term is a compound of szint and the suffix -ig, which in Hungarian frequently denotes limitation in space, time, or measure (for example, határig, végig). Szintekig shares its general logic with other expressions that describe reach or extent on a scale, but it is distinct from szinte (almost) in its literal sense of reaching up to a boundary rather than indicating approximation.

Register and context

Szintekig is most common in formal, scientific, or technical writing, including research reports, analyses, and descriptions of processes or systems with multiple levels or stages. See also szint, terjedő, fokozódó, and mérték.