alakjából

alakjából is a Hungarian compound form derived from the noun alak, meaning form, shape, or figure. It is created by attaching the possessive suffix -ja to alak to yield alakja (meaning “his/her form”), and then adding the ablative suffix -ból to form alakjából (“from his/her form” or “from the appearance”). The combination is written as alakjából, with phonological assimilation typical of Hungarian affixation.

Usage and meaning: alakjából functions as a source phrase indicating origin or basis in someone’s form or appearance. It is commonly used in idiomatic expressions with verbs such as ítélni or megítélni, meaning “to judge.” The usual sense is “judging by someone’s appearance.” For example: A fotón látható férfi alakjából ítélve határozott és magabiztos embernek tűnik. This translates roughly to “Judging from the man’s appearance in the photo, he seems a determined and confident person.”

Notes: alakjából is a bound morpheme, not a standalone lexical item. Its meaning depends on context and on the accompanying verb. It appears in formal, descriptive, or literary Hungarian as well as in everyday speech, particularly when discussing inferences drawn from appearance or form. The pattern—root + possessive suffix + ablative suffix—illustrates Hungarian’s systematic use of multiple suffixes attached to a single stem.