Örökldve

Örökldve is a Hungarian term that is commonly treated as a nonstandard or misspelled variant of the participial form örökölve, which means “having been inherited.” In modern standard Hungarian, örökölve is the correct past passive participle of the verb örökölni (to inherit). The form örökldve is not widely recognized as a correct orthographic variant and is typically corrected in formal writing.

Etymology and morphology

Örökölni is the verb meaning “to inherit.” The past passive participle is formed with the suffix -ve, yielding örökölve, which functions adjectivally or adverbially to indicate that something has been inherited. The stem örök- relates to inheritance and kinship, a semantic field reflected in related forms such as öröklődik (to be inherited) or öröklött (inherited, in fixed expressions).

Usage and context

As a descriptor, örökölve would refer to traits, possessions, or traditions that have been transmitted across generations. In standard usage, writers would employ örökölve rather than örökldve, and they might opt for alternative constructions such as öröklődik or öröklött depending on the intended meaning and syntactic context. The concept is common in discussions of heredity, genealogical records, and cultural transmission.

See also

öröklődés, inheritance, heredity, transmission of traits.