Tömegre

Tömegre is a directional form occurring in Hungarian grammar that attaches the suffix -re to the noun tömeg, meaning “mass.” In linguistic descriptions it is described as a case-like or directional construction used to express motion toward or onto the surface of a mass. It is not a standalone word but a bound form that conveys spatial relation within a sentence.

Etymology and form: the base word tömeg (“mass”) combined with the directional suffix -re yields tömegre. The construction operates similarly to other Hungarian directional forms that indicate towardness or contact, though its usage is limited and not part of standard everyday speech in contemporary Hungarian.

Usage and status: tömegre is uncommon outside of descriptive grammars, poetry, or historical texts. In modern prose, speakers typically express similar meanings with periphrastic phrases or with other case forms and postpositions (for example, expressions using -fel/-re with full nouns or phrases like tömege felé) rather than relying on a fixed bound form tömegre. Because it is not widely attested in standard usage, the term is mainly of interest to linguists examining the range of directional marking in Hungarian morphology and to readers studying older or stylistically marked Hungarian.

See also: tömeg,Hungarian language, Hungarian case system, directionals in Hungarian.

Notes: This article treats tömegre as a theoretical or occasionally attested construction rather than a common element of contemporary Hungarian. Sources on its precise status and frequency vary across grammars and historical texts.