Tennivalóval

Tennivalóval is the instrumental form of the Hungarian noun tennivaló, which denotes something to be done—a task or obligation. As an instrumental, tennivalóval expresses means or accompaniment, in contexts where a task serves as the medium or instrument for an action, or more generally to describe the presence of a task within a process. The form is uncommon in everyday speech and is primarily encountered in linguistics, formal writing, or descriptive passages about procedures.

Etymology and morphology: The noun tennivaló comes from the verb tenni “to do” and the suffix -való, indicating a thing that should be done. The instrumental suffix -val attaches to the stem, yielding tennivalóval. This construction follows Hungarian patterns of forming instrumental forms with -val/-vel, here applied to a noun meaning “something to be done.”

Usage: Tennivalóval is chiefly found in written Hungarian, dictionaries, and linguistic descriptions rather than in casual conversation. It can be used to denote the means or context provided by a task within a workflow or procedure, or to describe a set of tasks that are relevant to a given action. For example, a phrase such as “A napirend tennivalóval bővelkedik” suggests that the agenda is rich with tasks, while “a tennivalóval kapcsolatos határidők” refers to deadlines related to those tasks.

See also: teendő, feladat, tennivaló.