fiókjából

Fiókjából is a Hungarian postpositional phrase meaning “from his/her/its drawer.” It is formed from the noun fiók (drawer) plus the third-person possessive suffix, yielding fiókja, and the suffix -ból meaning “from,” producing the form fiókjából. In Hungarian grammar it is a typical example of how possessives combine with case endings to express origin.

Morphology: The form fiókjából includes a linking consonant j that appears when attaching the possessive suffix to the root and then adding -ból. This sequence—fiók + ja → fiókja, then -ból—illustrates Hungarian’s system of postpositional cases combined with possessives to express source. The pronunciation remains as a single word, with orthographic assimilation guiding the final form.

Usage: It denotes origin from a specific drawer. Examples: Kivettem a kulcsot a fiókjából. (I took the key from his/her drawer.) A dolgozó az iratokat a fiókjából elővette. (The employee pulled out the documents from his/her drawer.) A jegyzetek a fiókjából kerültek elő. (The notes came out of his/her drawer.) In other contexts, fiók can also mean a branch of an organization, so fiókjából can mean “from one of its branches” when used with a branch noun (e.g., egy cég fiókjából).

See also: Hungarian grammar, possessive suffixes, postpositions.