kéreghez

Kéreghez is a Hungarian allative form derived from the noun kéreg, which has several related meanings: bark or rind of a plant or tree, outer crust, and in anatomy the cortex of an organ or brain. The suffix -hez marks direction toward or contact with a surface, layer, or boundary. Therefore kéreghez means “to the cortex,” “to the bark,” or “to the crust,” depending on the context and sense of kéreg in a given sentence. It is used with compounds in which kéreg designates the target surface or layer, for example agykéreghez (to the cerebral cortex) or kéreghez (to the bark or crust) in non-anatomical contexts.

Usage and scope:

Kéreghez appears in scientific and descriptive Hungarian to specify a location, action, or relation directed at a boundary or covering. The exact interpretation—anatomical, botanical, or geological—depends on surrounding terms. For instance, agykéreghez érkező impulzus would refer to an impulse arriving at the cerebral cortex, while a particle drawn toward the outer rind of a fruit might be described with kéreghez in a different, more general sense.

Morphology:

Kéreghez is formed by adding the allative suffix -hez to kéreg. Hungarian provides several allative forms (-hoz, -hez, -höz) chosen to agree with vowel harmony and stem shape; kéreghez is the appropriate form with kéreg.

See also:

agykéreg, kéreg (bark, crust), allative suffixes -hoz/-hez/-höz.