talpához

Talpához is a Hungarian directional form built from the noun talp, meaning the sole of the foot or the sole of a shoe, with the directional suffix -hoz, used to indicate movement toward or toward the location of something. The resulting form talpához signals “to the sole” or “toward the sole” in contexts where a body part or a shoe component is being referenced in relation to another object or surface. The linking vowel á is part of the regular vowel-harmony rules in Hungarian, producing talpához instead of a simple concatenation like talphoz.

In Hungarian, the suffixes -hoz, -hez, -höz express direction toward a place or part and vary according to the vowel harmony of the root. When the root ends in a back vowel, the form is typically -hoz (as in házhoz, to the house); with talp, which contains the back vowel a, the form becomes talpához. The insertion of the linking vowel between the stem and the suffix helps with pronunciation and aligns with standard Hungarian phonology.

Usage of talpához is most common in descriptions involving contact, alignment, or measurement relative to the sole. It can refer to the sole of the foot or to the sole of a shoe, depending on context. The term appears in technical, anatomical, or mechanical descriptions and in everyday speech when a verb governs movement toward the sole or a component associated with it. Related terms include talp (the sole) and the broader set of directional suffixes -hoz/-hez/-höz, which encode motion toward various targets.

Példamondat: A talpbetétet a cipő talpához igazították, hogy jobban illeszkedjen.