Tartású

Tartású is a Hungarian adjective formed from the noun tartás, which means posture, bearing, or approach, and the suffix -ú that marks a property as belonging to or characterized by something. The primary sense of tartású is descriptive, indicating that a person or animal has a particular posture or manner of bearing.

In usage, tartású is typically placed before a noun as part of a compound phrase, often with an accompanying descriptor such as egyenes (upright) or biztos (confident). For example, egyenes tartású ember describes a person with an upright bearing, while biztos tartású nő refers to a woman with a confident bearing. The term is neutral and commonly found in descriptive prose, biographies, or observational writing.

The word also appears in contexts where tartás has the meaning of maintenance or support. In legal or administrative language, the form tartású can appear, but it is uncommon and often replaced by more precise terms. In such contexts, phrases like tartásra jogosult (entitled to maintenance) or tartásra kötelezett (obliged to provide maintenance) are standard, and tartású is not the preferred construction.

Etymologically, tartású derives from tartás plus the suffix -ú, a productive Hungarian pattern for forming adjectives that denote possession of a certain characteristic. While it has a clear functional role in describing posture, its use is largely limited to descriptive or stylistic contexts, rather than technical terminology. See also tartás, tartásdíj (maintenance payment), and related phrases in Hungarian.