tüdvel

Tüdvel is the instrumental form of the Hungarian noun tüd, meaning lung. In Hungarian, the instrumental case is formed with the suffix -val or -vel, which indicates accompaniment or means. When attached to a stem ending in a consonant, the form appears as -vel, yielding tüdvel in this instance. It is not a separate lexical item but an inflected variant used to express instrumentality in grammar.

In modern usage, the tüdvel form is uncommon outside linguistic discussion. It typically appears in grammatical descriptions, language-learning materials illustrating the instrumental construction, or historical texts where explicit inflectional forms are shown. For ordinary speech, speakers usually express accompaniment or means with alternative constructions, such as other cases or phrases rather than relying on the tüdvel form.

Relation to broader Hungarian grammar: tüdvel exemplifies the broader -val/-vel instrumental suffix, which connects to many common forms like kutyával (with a dog) or földdel (with earth/land). These examples illustrate how Hungarian marks means or accompaniment through a vowel-harmony suffix attached to a stem, resulting in a variety of -val/-vel forms depending on phonology and word class.

See also: Hungarian grammar, instrumental case, -val/-vel suffix, noun inflection.