századra

Századra is a Hungarian linguistic form formed from the numeral száz (hundred) or the noun század (century) with the translative suffix -ra/-re. In standard Hungarian, the translative suffix marks a direction toward a surface or toward a goal in a figurative sense, and when attached to a numeral or a noun related to quantity it can yield phrases that read as “to the hundred” or “toward the hundredth part.” The combination is not a common, independent lexical item in contemporary usage, but may appear in historical, dialectal, or highly technical contexts.

Etymology and formation

The base elements are száz (hundred) or század (century), and the suffix -ra (with the usual phonetic adjustment to iets form, yielding -adra after század). The result is a phrase that, in contexts where it occurs, signals movement toward a quantity of one hundred units, a centennial point, or a hundredth-part notion within a broader argument or description.

Usage

Századra is relatively rare in modern standard Hungarian. When it does appear, it is typically within longer phrases or specialized texts—historical chronologies, statistical writings, or stylized prose—where the author needs to indicate movement toward or reference to the hundred-quantity. For most standard purposes, Hungarian would express related ideas with other forms or constructions, for example using századik for “hundredth” or a per-quantity expression such as százalék for percentages, or more explicit phrasing about divisions or centennial timeframes.

See also

Hungarian grammar, translative case, század, századik, százalék.