nevéhez

Nevéhez is a Hungarian grammatical form that combines the noun név (name) with possessive and postpositional suffixes to create a postpositional phrase meaning roughly “to his/her name.” The base noun név takes a possessive ending in Hungarian, yielding neve (“his/her name”); attaching the postpositional suffix -hez then produces nevéhez. The result is a directional or referential element that functions like a postposition in Hungarian, indicating movement toward, reference to, or relation with the person described by the possessive form.

The form is used within sentences to mark a target, recipient, or point of reference associated with a person’s name. Because Hungarian relies on suffixal morphology for many grammatical relations, nevéhez appears in contexts where the action or reference is directed at or connected with the named individual. Its specific meaning—whether directional, attributive, or referential—depends on the surrounding verb or prepositional phrase.

Usage considerations include its placement within complex noun phrases and verbs, and its compatibility with other case markings in Hungarian syntax. Nevéhez is an example of how Hungarian combines root nouns with possessive and postpositional suffixes to convey nuanced relations, particularly those involving people and their identities.

See also: Hungarian grammar, postpositions in Hungarian, dative constructions in Hungarian.