afelé
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From az (“that”) + felé (“towards”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]afelé (not comparable)
- towards (in the direction of some object or goal)
- Coordinate term: efelé
- Fontos lépéseket tettünk afelé, hogy termelési céljainkat elérjük.
- We have taken important steps towards achieving our production goals.
Usage notes
[edit]Similar compounds are written as one word (in solid) when they function as adverbs or parts of a conjunction. However, if they emphatically point at something particular (“without/around/behind/etc. that person/object”), they are written with a space inside. More information: Section 121 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
- A felé a ház felé menj, ahol a barátaid laknak. ― Go towards the house where your friends live.
See also
[edit]1 This group of adverbs is often understood for humans when in an emphatic position.
In an unstressed position, they may also imply objects, always depending on context.
2 Adverbs ending in -á/-é may coincide with postpositions. edit this template
Further reading
[edit]- (1): az in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- afelé in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).