személye

Személye is the third-person possessive form of the Hungarian noun személy, meaning person or individual. It denotes the person belonging to someone, often translating roughly as “his/her/its person” or, in context, “the person in question.” The form is written as a single word and appears primarily in formal or written language, such as administrative or legal texts.

Morphology and usage: The base noun is személy. To form the third-person singular possessive, Hungarian adds the suffix -e, producing személye. In plural contexts or with different possessors, related forms arise, such as személyei for “their persons.” The use of személye tends to emphasize the identity or role of the specific person under consideration, rather than simply referring to a person with a pronoun. In everyday speech, more generic expressions such as érintett személy or az illető személy is common, while személye appears more often in official prose or precise documentation.

Examples of usage: Az érintett személye adatait a nyilvántartásban rögzítették. A jelentés a meghatározott személye kilétére összpontosít, és ennek a személynek a státusza kulcsfontosságú a döntés szempontjából. In many contexts, writers substitute a noun phrase like az érintett személy vagy az illető személy for clarity or stylistic reasons.

Related considerations: Személye is a fused possessive form and should be distinguished from használata of személy with other possessives or the pronoun ő. In legal or bureaucratic Hungarian, it helps to maintain concision when the possessor is clearly third-person singular.