csapból

Csapból is a Hungarian adverbial phrase meaning “from the tap” or “out of the faucet.” It is formed from the noun csap (tap, faucet) plus the suffix -ból, which marks origin or source in Hungarian. The form functions as a location or source indicator and is typically used with verbs that describe movement or flow.

In usage, csapból is most common with verbs of liquid emission, such as folyik (to flow), csorog (to drip), vagy spriccel (to spray). For example: "A víz csapból folyik." (Water is flowing from the faucet.) Another example: "A mosogató csapból csöpög." (The sink faucet is dripping.) The expression can also appear in more complex sentences where the faucet is the source of a substance or action.

Grammatically, csapból is a fixed prepositional form that agrees with the Hungarian case system, but it does not change for person or number; the verb governs the subject and tense. It is commonly used in everyday language and in written prose to specify origin in a concrete, physical sense, and it can appear in figurative uses when describing origins that are metaphorically likened to a faucet.

Related terms include csap (faucet), vízcsap (water tap), and other -ból/-ből forms indicating source, such as ajtóból (from the door) or kútból (from the well). The phrase csapból thus functions as a basic tool for specifying where something comes from in Hungarian.