cselekménye

Cselekmény is a Hungarian noun meaning act, deed, or conduct. It refers to a concrete action or a sequence of actions. The form cselekménye is the third-person possessive singular, meaning “his/her/its act” and is used to attribute the act to someone or something. In legal and formal language, cselekmény often appears in phrases such as bűncselekmény, meaning a crime or criminal offense.

Grammar and usage: Cselekmény is a countable noun. Possessive forms follow standard Hungarian inflection, for example cselekményem (my act), cselekményed (your act), cselekményének (of his/her/its act), and cselekményével (with his/her/its act). The term can function as the subject or object and can head a noun phrase, as in “A cselekménye meglepő volt.” It is closely related to cselekvés (action, conduct) and cselekedet (deed).

Etymology and scope: The word is derived from the verb cselekedni, meaning “to act,” and related nouns such as cselekvés and cselekedet. While cselekmény commonly denotes a single act or a sequence of actions, cselekvés emphasizes the act or process of acting, and cselekedet often connotes a specific deed. In law, cselekmény frequently refers to formal acts or offenses in contrast to general behavior.