-eik
Hungarian
Etymology
-e (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -k (third-person plural personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛjik]
Suffix
-eik
- possessive suffix for multiple possessions if there is no noun for the possessor:
- their ……-s (third-person plural; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) (!) being optional for emphasis)
- szék (“chair”) → a székeik, az ő székeik (“their chairs”)
- (formal) your ……-s (second-person plural, grammatically resembling the third person plural)
- szék (“chair”) → a székeik (“your [formal, plural] chairs”), alternatively: az önök székei, a maguk székei (!)
- their ……-s (third-person plural; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) (!) being optional for emphasis)
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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