forgatással

Forgatással is the instrumental form of the Hungarian noun forgatás, which means rotation, turning, or twisting. The word is formed from the base forgatás (the act of turning) and the instrumental suffix -ával/-ével, yielding the form forgatással to indicate the means or manner by which an action is performed. The primary sense is “with rotation” or “by turning,” but forgatás can also refer to the act of filming in the film industry, where the meaning is distinct from physical rotation.

Etymology and grammar

The root forgatás comes from the verb forgat, “to turn” or “to spin.” As an abstract noun, forgatás denotes the act of turning. The instrumental plural form is used to express instrumentality or method and appears as forgatással in singular. In sentences, it commonly answers questions such as how an action was performed or what technique was used.

Usage

In everyday and technical Hungarian, forgatással signals instrumentality: a zárat a kulcs forgatásával nyitották (they opened the lock by turning the key). In geometry and physics, forgatás describes a rotation operation, for example a síkbeli pont forgatása az origó körül (the rotation of a point around the origin). In filmmaking, forgatás refers to the process of shooting a film; the phrase a forgatással járó nehézségek (the difficulties associated with filming) uses the term in a more general sense of method or process.

Notes

Forgatással is a neutral, formal linguistic form and is mainly encountered in descriptive or technical contexts. Its meaning depends on the surrounding terminology, whether referring to physical rotation, procedural technique, or the broader process denoted by forgatás.