másikból

Másikból is a Hungarian ablative form built from the determiner másik, meaning “the other” or “the second,” with the suffix -ból indicating origin or extraction. The combination literally means “from the other one.” It is commonly used when contrasting two or more referents and signaling the source is one of those referents.

In usage, másikból functions as an adverbial prepositional phrase that marks where something comes from or is taken from. It can accompany verbs that express taking, choosing, or deriving something, as in kivett egy darabot a másikból (“he took a piece from the other one”) or választottam ki egy példát a másikból (“I selected an example from the other one”). It can also indicate that information or a result originates from the other source, as in Az információ a másikból származik (“The information comes from the other one”).

Notes on nuance and scope: másikból is typically used in contexts involving two or more items where one item is distinguished from the rest as the source. For referring to multiple alternative sources, Hungarian often uses expressions like a többi közül or simply abból, depending on the exact meaning. Unlike eből/ ebből, which contrast with the speaker’s current item, másikból specifically points to the other one among a set.

See also: abból, ebből, a kifejezés különböző ablativus formái, másik (the word of which másikból is a case form).