-jaik

See also: jäik

Hungarian

Etymology

-ja (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural) +‎ -k (third-person plural personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɒjik]

Suffix

-jaik

  1. possessive suffix for multiple possessions if there is no noun for the possessor:
    1. their ……-s (third-person plural; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) (!) being optional for emphasis)
      pad (“bench”) → a padjaik, az ő padjaik (“their benches”)
      kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaik, az ő kocsijaik (“their cars”)
    2. (formal) your ……-s (second-person plural, grammatically resembling the third person plural)
      pad (“bench”) → a padjaik (“your [formal, plural] benches”), alternatively: az önök padjai, a maguk padjai (!)
      kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaik (“your [formal, plural] cars”), alternatively: az önök kocsijai, a maguk kocsijai (!)

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -ik is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -aik is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -eik is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -jaik is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
    -jeik is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

See also

  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
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