arányosnak

Arányosnak is a grammatical form in Hungarian derived from the adjective arányos, meaning proportionate, balanced, or appropriate. The word arányosnak is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning; rather, it is the predicative form of arányos used in clauses with linking verbs to express “to be proportionate” or “to seem/prove to be proportionate.”

In standard Hungarian, adjectives when used as predicative complements after linking verbs such as lenni (to be) or tűnik (to seem) take the suffix -nak/-nek. Thus arányosnak functions as the predicative form that appears before the verb in phrases like arányosnak tűnik or arányosnak bizonyult. This construction marks the adjective as a state or property attributed to the subject.

Common usage includes:

- Ez a terv arányosnak tűnik. (This plan seems proportional.)

- Az elosztás arányosnak bizonyult. (The distribution proved to be proportional.)

- Minden rész arányosnak látszik a többi részhez képest. (Every part appears proportional compared to the others.)

Etymology and related forms:

- The form is built from the stem arányos (from arány, meaning proportion) with the predicative suffix -nak/-nek.

- Related terms include arány (proportion), arányosság (proportionality), and the adverb arányosan (proportionally). The base form arányos remains the primary adjective, while arányosnak is the inflected predicative form.

Notes:

- Arányosnak is primarily a grammatical form rather than an independent lexical item; its use is most common in formal or descriptive contexts, mathematics, design, and judgments about proportional relationships.

- It should not be confused with aranyos, which means cute or charming, though they look similar in spelling.