burgonyával

Burgonyával is the instrumental form of the Hungarian noun burgonya, meaning potato. It marks accompaniment or the means by which a dish is prepared or served. The form is commonly encountered in menus, recipes, and culinary descriptions to indicate that potatoes accompany the dish.

Formation and grammar: In Hungarian, the instrumental case is formed by adding the suffix -val/-vel to the noun, with vowel harmony. Since burgonya ends with a vowel, the correct form is burgonyával. The suffix denotes accompaniment or instrument rather than quantity, and it does not imply how many potatoes are involved.

Usage: Typical constructions include "Sült hal burgonyával" (fried fish with potatoes), "Rántott hús burgonyával tálalva," and "leves burgonyával" (soup with potatoes). To express the absence of potatoes, Hungarian uses "burgonya nélkül." In recipes and dish descriptions, burgonyával may appear in titles as well as in sentences.

Notes: "Burgonya" is the standard term for potato in Hungarian; in everyday speech, "krumpli" is also widely used, but "burgonya" tends to be more formal or neutral.

Lásd még: burgonya.