Szóról

szóról is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun szó, meaning “word.” It is created by adding the postpositional suffix -ról (a form of -ról/-ről) to the stem szó. The resulting word szóról functions as a prepositional phrase meaning “about the word” or “on the word,” indicating the topic of discussion. In Hungarian grammar, such topic-marking suffixes are used to specify what a statement or action concerns.

Morphology and usage developments

The suffix -ról/-ről is one of several postpositional forms in Hungarian that attach to a noun to express the topic of discourse. The exact form of the suffix agrees with vowel harmony rules and the phonology of the root; after a stem ending in a back vowel like o or a, the form typically appears as -ról. Therefore, szó plus -ról yields szóról. Szóról is most commonly seen in sentences where the topic is explicitly stated as “the word” being discussed.

Examples

A szóról beszéltek. (They talked about the word.)

A szóról szóló cikk megjelent volna. (A hypothetical article about the word appeared/was written, illustrating usage of the topic form.)

Relationship to other forms

szóról is closely related to other -ról/-ről forms such as könyvről (about the book) or témáról (about the topic). These forms share the same function: marking the noun as the topic of discussion. They differ only in the base noun to which the suffix attaches.

See also

Hungarian grammar, postpositional cases, topic and focus marking, -ról/-ről suffixes.