teréknek

Teréknek is a dative singular form found in Hungarian grammar. It marks the recipient or beneficiary of an action, equivalent to saying “to terék” or “for terék.” The form is created by attaching the dative suffix -nek to the stem terék, with the appropriate vowel harmony applied; because the stem’s last vowel is é (a front vowel), the suffix appears as -nek.

The noun terék itself is not common in modern standard Hungarian. It tends to appear in older texts, dialects, or literary contexts. As a result, teréknek is mostly encountered in linguistic descriptions, philological work, or historical writings rather than in everyday speech. When it does occur, it functions like other dative forms used for recipients, such as gyereknek or barátnak, with the exact referent determined by the historical context and the meaning of terék.

In contemporary usage, speakers typically replace teréknek with a more common noun in the dative or with a pronoun such as valakinek to indicate the recipient. For example, rather than relying on teréknek, one would say a recipient phrase built with a familiar noun or with valakinek, depending on the sentence. Teréknek therefore serves mainly as a linguistic illustration of Hungarian dative formation and its historical or dialectal occurrences.