varosba

Varosba is the ASCII rendering of the Hungarian word városba, the illative case form used to express motion toward a city. In Hungarian, the illative marks destination, roughly meaning “to the city” or “into the city.” This form is a grammatical case of the noun város rather than a standalone vocabulary item.

Formation and orthography: város means “city.” The illative suffix in Hungarian is -ba or -be, chosen according to vowel harmony. Since város ends with a back vowel, the illative takes -ba, yielding városba. In proper Hungarian spelling, the diacritic form városba is used. In contexts where diacritics are unavailable, the ASCII rendering varosba is common, especially in URLs, programming, or plain-text systems.

Usage: The illative városba is used with verbs of motion to indicate destination. Examples include: “Megyek a városba” (I am going to the city) and “Elindulunk a városba” (We head to the city). The determiner and word order follow standard Hungarian syntax, with városba functioning as a prepositional phrase indicating direction.

Related forms: Városba is part of a broader system of Hungarian case endings. Other forms related to the same noun include városban (in the city) and városból (from the city). The ASCII variant varosba appears mainly in non-diacritic contexts, while the canonical spelling remains városba.