Visszaérkez

Visszaérkez is a Hungarian verb stem used to express the action of arriving back at a place after being away. It is formed from the prefix vissza-, meaning back, attached to the verb érkezik, which means to arrive. The full verb commonly appears in forms such as visszaérkezik (present tense, third person singular) and visszaérkezett (past tense). The infinitive form of the related verb is visszaérkezni.

Etymology and structure: The word combines vissza- (back) with érkezik (to arrive), yielding a compound that denotes returning to a location. This prefix-based construction is typical in Hungarian for indicating return or repetition of an action. The stem visszaérkez- serves as the base for various conjugations and derivatives, for example in different tenses and moods.

Usage: Visszaérkez is mainly used as part of inflected forms or in compound forms in prose and reporting. It does not typically appear alone in standard contemporary text, but the stem is found in dictionaries and linguistic descriptions as the root of visszaérkezik and visszaérkezni. In everyday language, people use the full verb forms such as visszaérkezik, visszaérkezett, or retraces like visszaérkezéssel in certain constructions.

Examples:

- A vonat visszaérkezett a megadott időben. (The train arrived back on time.)

- A kutató visszaérkezett a bázisra. (The researcher has returned to the base.)

See also: érkezik, vissza- (prefix).