Tartályokba

Tartályokba is a Hungarian illative plural form derived from the noun tartály, meaning tank or container. The illative case marks direction toward the interior of a space, so tartályokba denotes movement into multiple tanks or containers. This form is common in technical, logistical, and industrial contexts where liquids or substances are transferred or poured into several tanks.

Morphology and rules: The base noun tartály becomes plural as tartályok. The illative suffix -ba/-be attaches to this plural stem, yielding tartályokba. Vowel harmony governs the choice of -ba in this case, reflecting the back vowels in the stem. The construction is a directional complement and typically accompanies verbs of motion or transfer, such as tölteni, önteni, vagy vezetni.

Usage and examples: In practice, tartályokba is used to describe placing something into multiple tanks. Examples include: A benzint a tartályokba töltötték. (They poured the gasoline into the tanks.) A kísérletben a folyadékokat a tartályokba vezették. (In the experiment, the liquids were directed into the tanks.) It can also appear in logistics and manufacturing when describing the destination of fluids during processing or transport.

Relation to related forms: Tartályokba contrasts with tartályokban, which means “in the tanks” (location inside the tanks). Other related forms include tartály (singular), tartályok (plural nominative), and the singular illative tartályba (into a tank). The illative plural form is a standard feature of Hungarian case morphology and is widely understood in technical and everyday language.