melléknévösszehasonlító

melléknévösszehangzás is a Hungarian linguistic phenomenon referring to the agreement of adjectives with the nouns they modify. In Hungarian, adjectives generally precede the noun. While adjectives do not decline for case or number in the same way nouns do, there is a subtle form of agreement, particularly in relation to definite and indefinite articles, and in certain idiomatic expressions.

The most common manifestation of melléknévösszehangzás involves the use of the definite article 'a' or 'az' before a noun. If a noun is modified by an adjective and preceded by the definite article, the adjective remains in its base form. For example, "a szép ház" (the beautiful house). However, when the adjective itself takes a definite suffix (which is rare and often found in older or poetic language), it might exhibit a form of agreement.

More broadly, the concept can also encompass situations where the adjective's form might be influenced by the noun's definiteness or indefiniteness, though this is more a matter of syntax and semantic nuance rather than strict morphological agreement. For instance, the choice between using 'egy' (a/an) or no article before an adjective-noun phrase can subtly alter the perceived definiteness, indirectly affecting the overall 'harmony' of the phrase. In essence, melléknévösszehangzás highlights how adjectives and nouns function together cohesively within Hungarian sentence structure.