hatalmi

Hatalmi is a Hungarian adjective formed from the noun hatalom, meaning "power" or "authority." As an attributive descriptor, hatalmi denotes a relation to power, authority or sovereignty and is commonly translated into English as "power-related," "authorial" or "of power."

In usage, hatalmi appears in political, legal and sociological contexts to describe structures, relations and practices tied to control or governance. Typical collocations include hatalmi viszonyok (power relations), hatalmi ágak (branches of power), hatalmi harc (power struggle) and hatalmi szerep (role of authority). It can modify institutions, offices, mechanisms and dynamics to indicate their connection with the exercise or distribution of power.

Grammatically, hatalmi functions as an adjective in Hungarian and is used attributively before a noun; it does not mark gender and follows the language’s rules for agreement and case, which are realized on the noun rather than the adjective in most constructions. The term appears in both academic discourse and everyday language when discussing governance, hierarchy or influence.

Etymologically, hatalmi is derived directly from hatalom with the adjectival suffix -i, a common pattern in Hungarian for forming relational adjectives. The word is part of a broader vocabulary surrounding political authority and social power.