felületön

Felületén is a Hungarian locative form meaning “on its surface” or “on the surface of something.” It is used to indicate location on the exterior of an object or area and is common in descriptive, scientific, and literary contexts.

Morphology and formation: the base felület means “surface.” It takes a possessive suffix to express “its surface,” yielding felülete. A subsequent locative suffix attaches to this form to indicate position, producing felületén. The sequence illustrates how Hungarian stacks suffixes: root + possessive suffix + locative suffix, with vowel harmony shaping the exact ending.

Usage and examples: felületén is typically used when the possessor is understood from context or explicitly indicated in the surrounding noun phrase. Examples include: A bolygó felületén kráterek találhatók. (There are craters on the surface of the planet.) Az autó felületén karcolások láthatók. (There are scratches on the surface of the car.)

Notes: The form showcases Hungarian’s agglutinative suffix system, where location (adessive/locative) and possession are encoded through sequential endings. The exact vowels in the suffixes follow vowel harmony rules, which can affect variants such as -on/-en/-ön and the combined -én after certain possessive sequences.

See also: Hungarian grammar, adessive/locative case, possessive suffixes.