írásba

írásba is the illative form of the Hungarian noun írás, meaning writing, script, or a written text. The illative expresses direction or movement into something, so írásba literally means into the writing or into the written record. In Hungarian, illative forms are used with verbs and expressions that denote placing or recording information in a written form.

In practice, írásba is used mainly in formal or administrative language to indicate that something is being committed to a written record. Common phrases include piecing information into a document or making a decision official in writing. For example, a sentence such as the határozatot írásba foglalták translates to “the decision was put into writing,” and a contract or agreement may be described with írásba foglalt megállapodás, “a written agreement.” The construction emphasizes the transition from informal or spoken form to a formal written version.

Typography and grammar notes: írásba is formed by attaching the illative suffix -ba to the noun írás. The form is not used to describe the act of writing itself (which would typically use verbs like írni or ír), but rather the act of encoding information in a written record. Because it belongs to a formal register, írásba appears more often in official documents, legal language, and bureaucratic prose than in everyday speech.

Related terms include írás (writing), írásos (written, in written form), and írott dokumentum (written document).