Vonalakban

Vonalakban is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “in the lines.” It is the plural inessive form of the noun vonal (line, stroke, route) and is used to indicate location inside multiple lines or within line-structured contexts. Formally, it is built from the plural noun vonalak (the lines) plus the inessive suffix -ban, yielding vonalakban.

As a locational marker, vonalakban usually accompanies statements about position within line-based arrangements, such as maps, graphs, diagrams, or sequences drawn as parallel lines. It signals that something is found inside the lines rather than beside or outside them. The form is primarily a grammatical tool for precise spatial reference in plural contexts.

Morphology and usage notes:

- Base word: vonal (line)

- Plural: vonalak (the lines)

- Case: inessive (location inside)

- Suffix: -ban adds to vonalak to form vonalakban (“in the lines”)

- This pattern follows Hungarian agreement rules and aligns with vowel harmony, producing the common form vonalakban.

Examples:

- A térképen minden állomás a vonalakban van feltüntetve. (On the map, every station is shown within the lines.)

- A grafikonon a mérési adatok a vonalakban ábrázolva jelennek meg. (On the graph, the measurement data are displayed within the lines.)

- A rajzon a jelzések a vonalakban helyezkednek el. (On the drawing, the markers lie inside the lines.)

See also: vonal, vonalak, inessive case, Hungarian noun declension.