hangból

Hangból is the ablative singular form of the Hungarian noun hang, meaning sound or tone. In Hungarian grammar, hang denotes any auditory phenomenon, including speech, music, and environmental noise. The suffix -ból expresses movement away from or source, so hangból literally means “from the sound” or “out of the sound.” It is used to indicate origin in phrases where the sound is the source of information or attribution.

Etymology and morphology: The base word hang comes from Hungarian, and hangból is formed by attaching the suffix -ból to the stem with vowel harmony. It is a standard example of how the Hungarian ablative case marks origin or source in relation to a sound rather than a physical place.

Usage: Hangból typically appears in contexts of perception, inference, or source material. Examples include: “A hangból ki tudtam hallani, ki volt az,” meaning “From the sound I could tell who it was.” “A hangból származó következtetéseket elemezték” (“They analyzed the conclusions derived from the sound”). Hangból is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item, and it often functions with verbs of perception or with phrases that frame statements around sound as origin.

Notes: In everyday Hungarian, speakers often prefer alternatives such as “a hang alapján” (based on the sound) or “a hangból kiolvasható” (readable from the sound). Hangból remains correct and is frequently used in linguistic, formal, or analytical contexts where the sound itself is the source of information or evidence.

See also: Hungarian grammar, affixal case suffixes, ablative usage in Hungarian.