növénye

Növénye is a Hungarian grammatical form that serves as the third-person singular possessive of the noun növény, meaning plant. In usage, növénye translates roughly to “his plant” or “her plant” and is employed when the speaker refers to a plant belonging to someone else whose identity is clear from context. It is not a separate lexical item, but an inflected form of növény.

Form and spelling: The base növény denotes a plant. To express possession by a third person, Hungarian attaches a possessive suffix to the noun, resulting in növénye. The exact spelling reflects Hungarian vowel harmony and the usual patterns of possessive inflection. The form is typically used with a definite article or in contexts where the possessor is understood from context.

Usage notes: Növénye appears in narratives, descriptions, and everyday speech when it is important to indicate ownership of a plant by another person. It is more common in prose and descriptive writing than in casual dialogue, though it can appear in conversation when ownership needs to be specified clearly.

Relationship to related terms: The basic noun növény covers plants in general. Related forms include növényi (plant-related, botanical) and növényzet (vegetation). Like other Hungarian possessive forms, növénye changes with number and possessive pronouns in longer constructions.

See also: Növény, Növényi, Növényzet.