hívva

Hívva is a Hungarian verbal participle formed from the verb hívni, meaning to call or to name. The form is created with the suffix -va/-ve and denotes an adverbial or adjectival sense, roughly translating to “being called” or “having been called.” In modern usage, hívva appears mainly in literary, archaic, or religious texts and is less common in everyday speech, where simpler passive constructions or subordinate clauses are preferred.

Grammatical notes indicate that hívva functions as an adverbial participle. It is generally invariable, not inflecting for person or number, and it links to the main clause to indicate a concomitant or preceding action without introducing a new finite verb. Because it bears literary or formal tone, its use helps create compact, participial clauses that would otherwise require separate sentences or subordinate phrases.

Etymology and morphology are straightforward within Hungarian: hívvi stem hív- receives the participial suffix -va/-ve to yield hívva. The suffix is productive across many verbs, producing a class of participial forms that can modify nouns or whole clauses in a manner akin to English “-ing” or “having been” constructions, though with distinct Hungarian syntax.

See also: hívni, participle (Hungarian), adverbial participle, Hungarian grammar.

Notes: While informative for linguistic or philological contexts, hívva is typically encountered in analyses, translations of older texts, or stylistic writing rather than in contemporary everyday Hungarian prose.