völgyekben

Völgyekben is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning "in the valleys." It is the inessive plural form of the noun völgy (valley): völgyekben = in the valleys. The construction illustrates Hungarian morphology: base völgy, plural suffix -ek, followed by the inessive suffix -ben.

Usage: The form is used in geographical descriptions, travel writing, and descriptive texts to indicate location within multiple valleys. It can describe where settlements, routes, ecosystems, or landscapes are situated. Because Hungarian marks case on the noun, the relationship between place and description is encoded directly in the noun phrase, without a separate preposition.

Examples: A falvak a völgyekben találhatók. A kertek a völgyekben terülnek el. These sentences translate to "The villages are to be found in the valleys" and "The gardens stretch in the valleys." For singular reference, völgyben is used: a völgyben lévő falu (the village located in the valley).

See also: völgy (valley), völgyek (valleys).

Etymology: The term is formed from völgy with the plural -ek and the locative -ben, reflecting regular Hungarian word-formation rather than a distinct lexical item.