fején

Fején is a Hungarian locative inflection of the noun fej (head) used to indicate that something is located on a head. It is part of Hungarian’s system for expressing location on a body part by combining a possessed noun form with a locative ending. The form fején specifically communicates “on his/her head” in contexts where the possessor is understood or stated.

In practice, fején is most often encountered in descriptions of clothing or adornments that rest on the head, or in sentences describing a feature or condition on someone's head. A common example is a hat resting on the head: A sapka a fején van. This translates to “The hat is on his head.” The construction appears in other head-related descriptions as well, such as when noting a mark or injury on the head in a narrative.

Fején is one of several body-part location forms in Hungarian. It is used to place reference points on the head, typically with a third-person possessor in everyday speech and writing. Like other locative-body-part forms, it is part of a broader pattern in Hungarian grammar that links nouns to position in space through possessed nouns and case endings.

See also: Hungarian grammar, locative case, possessive suffixes, body-part phrases.