alapformájára

Alapformájára is a Hungarian inflected form that means “to its base form.” It is the allative case form of the noun alapforma (base form, lemma) with the third-person possessive suffix, yielding a construction that points toward the base form of a word.

In Hungarian grammar, alapforma denotes the base form or lemma of a word—the form typically used as the headword in dictionaries and as the citation form for inflectional analysis. The derived form alapformája means “its base form,” formed by adding the possessive suffix -ja/-je to alapforma. When the allative case suffix -ra/-re is added to alapformája, the result is alapformájára, indicating direction toward the base form.

Usage of alapformájára appears in linguistic descriptions, grammar notes, and dictionary annotations when one needs to reference or indicate movement toward the base form of a word. For example, a sentence might discuss referring to the szó alapformájára (to the word’s base form) in a conjugation example, or describe rules that apply to alapformájára in an analysis.

Notes on morphology: the suffixes follow Hungarian vowel harmony. The possessive suffix attaches to alapforma to form alapformája (its base form), and the allative suffix attaches to that to form alapformájára (to its base form). The term is mainly encountered in academic or pedagogical discussions of word formation and lemmatization.

See also: alapforma. Category: Hungarian grammar.