beszéden

Beszéden is a grammatical form of the Hungarian noun beszéd, meaning speech. In Hungarian grammar, beszéden represents a case ending that attaches to a stem ending in a consonant to form the -en suffix, yielding a surface-oriented locative meaning. The combination of the stem beszéd with the -en ending results in beszéden. In linguistic descriptions, this form is analyzed as part of the system of locative cases (specifically a variant of the -en/-ön family) used to indicate location on a surface or a figurative “on” the speech.

In modern standard Hungarian, the most common locative forms for beszéd are beszédben (in the speech) and, for surface-oriented meaning, forms like beszéden may appear in archaic, dialectal, or highly formal linguistic contexts. The -ben/-ben and -on/-en/-ön endings reflect front versus back vowel harmony, and beszéd ends up with -en due to the front vowel in its stem. Because beszéden is not a frequent choice in everyday language, it is more often encountered in grammatical descriptions, historical texts, or dialectal studies than in contemporary prose.

Etymology and relation to other forms: beszéden is derived from beszéd (speech) plus the -en suffix, part of the broader Hungarian locative series. Related forms include beszédben (in the speech), beszéddel (with the speech), and other case forms of beszéd. The form beséden is thus part of the inflectional landscape surrounding the noun beszéd in Hungarian.

See also: beszéd, Hungarian grammar, locative cases.