házon

Házon is the adessive singular form of the Hungarian noun ház (house). In Hungarian grammar, the adessive marks location relative to a referent and answers questions such as where something is located. The form házon is produced by adding the adessive suffix to the stem ház; other nouns use different variants of the same suffix (-on, -en, -ön) according to phonology, but for ház the form is házon.

In use, házon indicates a location in relation to the house and appears in phrases that describe placement or position. It is most commonly seen as part of fixed locative expressions, such as házon belül meaning inside the house, and házon kívül meaning outside the house. These expressions illustrate how the adessive forms function together with postpositions or adjectives to convey precise spatial meaning. The adessive form házon is thus a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item.

Examples of typical collocations include házon belül (inside the house) and házon kívül (outside the house). Some Hungarian constructions extend the idea with further postpositions, for instance házon át (through the house) or házon keresztül (through/out along the house), showing the broader role of the adessive in location expression. As a rule, házon functions as the locative basis for these phrases rather than as an independent word.

See also: Hungarian grammar, locative cases, postpositions.