elválhat

Elválhat is a Hungarian verb meaning that something can be separated or detached. It is used for both physical separation—such as parts of a device that can be detached—and abstract separations, like components of a system, groups, or relationships that may come apart. The form is built from the prefix el-, which in Hungarian often signals detachment, together with válhat, the potential mood of válni meaning “to become.” The infinitive form is elválni (“to separate”), while elválhat expresses possibility in finite forms (for example, elválhatok, elválhatsz, elválhatnak, depending on person and number).

Usage and nuance: In technical descriptions, legal language, and everyday speech, elválhat conveys that detachment is possible rather than certain. It often appears when describing conditions, permissions, or potential states. For instance, one might say that a connector elválhat a konnektorból (the connector can detach from the socket), or that spouses elválhatnak (may separate) under certain circumstances. The meaning can be literal or metaphorical, extending to ideas like ideas or components that can be separated from a whole.

Grammatical notes: Elválhat is a finite verb form expressing potential mood. It combines with subject and conjugates like other Hungarian verbs; the negation is built with nem válhat el. The related verbs elválaszt (to separate out), elválás (a separation), és különválik (to separate, to part) are commonly used in similar contexts. The antonyms or opposite concepts include összefűzés or egybe maradás, depending on the context.

See also: elválni, elválaszt, különválik, szétválik.