városból

Városból is a Hungarian word formed by the noun város (city) combined with the elative suffix -ból, meaning from, out of, or originated from. In grammar, városból functions as an adverbial noun form that expresses origin or source and is typically used with verbs of movement or as part of noun phrases.

Morphology and pronunciation: The elative suffix -ból/-ből marks origin from a place. The form chosen reflects vowel harmony: város ends with a back vowel, so the suffix appears as -ból, yielding városból. The word is pronounced with the standard Hungarian stress on the first syllable: Vá-ros-ból.

Usage: Városból is used without a separate preposition to indicate where someone or something comes from. Examples include: Városból jövök. (I come from the city.) A városból érkezett vendégek megközelítették a rendezvényt. (The guests who arrived from the city approached the event.) Városból származó adatok szerint döntöttek. (They decided according to data originating from the city.)

Plural and related forms: For more than one city, the form is városokból (from the cities). Városból can also appear in phrases describing origin in adjectives or participial constructions, such as városból származó ételek or városból érkező információk.

Relation to other forms: Városból contrasts with other place-based suffixes (e.g., -ban/-ben for location inside, -hoz/-hez/-höz for direction toward). It is a key example of Hungarian suffixal case marking, where the case relation is expressed through endings rather than separate prepositions.

See also: Hungarian elative case, Hungarian suffixes, város.