Variációja

Variációja is the third-person singular possessive form of the Hungarian noun variáció, meaning variation. It is used in neutral, encyclopedic prose to indicate “its variation,” or “the variation of X,” when the possessor is understood or previously mentioned. The base noun variáció denotes a change, adaptation, or alternate form of something, a concept common across disciplines such as music, science, and rhetoric.

Etymology and usage context: Variáció is a loanword in Hungarian, derived from Latin variatio and widely appearing in fields like music (a variation on a theme), biology (genetic variation), statistics (variation in data), and linguistics (phonetic or morphological variation). The possessive form variációja attaches to the noun to express ownership or association by a third-person subject. For example, Ennek a témának a variációja a zeneszerzés egyik gyakori esete. This illustrates the standard construction for linking a variation to its referent.

Grammatical notes: Hungarian marks possession through suffixes; the third-person singular possessive is typically -ja/-je, yielding variációja for a noun ending in a long vowel like variáció. When the possessor is explicit, a genitive phrase is often used, as in ennek a témának a variációja (the variation of this theme).

See also: Variáció, variation (general concept), variációk a zenében (variations in music).