felülettel

Felülettel is a Hungarian instrumental-form of the noun felület, meaning surface. It denotes the means, instrument, or medium by which an action is performed, or the accompanying surface in a described process. The form is created by attaching the instrumental suffix -tel to the stem felület, which results in felülettel, with gemination of the final consonant.

Usage in Hungarian centers on the instrumental case, which answers questions like “with what?” or “by means of what?” and indicates the instrument or medium used for an action. Felülettel is used when the surface itself serves as the instrument or medium. In technical or descriptive prose, where surfaces play a functional role in processes, felülettel can appear more readily than in everyday speech.

Orthography and morphology are notable: the final consonant of felület is doubled before adding -tel, yielding felülettel. This reflects general patterns in Hungarian where consonant clusters are adjusted when forming instrumental or other case endings.

Context and frequency: felülettel is relatively specialized and more common in linguistic discussions, technical writing, or formal descriptions of surface-driven processes. In ordinary conversation, speakers may use other constructions to express instrumentality, but felülettel remains a legitimate grammatical form for the noun felület when a sentence requires explicit indication that a surface is the instrument or medium involved.

See also: Hungarian grammar, instrumental case, felület.