gyökérmorfémája

The term gyökérmorfémája refers to the root morpheme of a word in the Hungarian language. A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language, and a root morpheme is the core part of a word that carries its primary lexical meaning. It is the base form from which other words can be derived through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. For example, in the Hungarian word "házak" (houses), "ház" is the root morpheme, meaning "house." The "-ak" suffix indicates the plural form. Similarly, in "házam" (my house), "ház" remains the root, and "-am" is a possessive suffix. Understanding the gyökérmorfémája is crucial for analyzing Hungarian word formation and etymology. It allows linguists to identify the fundamental semantic content of a word and trace its development and relationship to other words in the lexicon. The concept is central to Hungarian morphology, the study of word structure.