-ük

See also: ük, uk, UK, uK, .uk, -uk, U.K., and Appendix:Variations of "uk"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [yk]

Suffix

-ük

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    gyerek (child)a gyerekük (their child)

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
    ház (house)a házuk (their house)
    -ük is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
    gyerek (child)a gyerekük (their child)
    -juk is added to back vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    kar (arm)a karjuk (their arms)
    hajó (ship)a hajójuk (their ship)
    alma (apple)az almájuk (their apple)
    -jük is added to front vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    kert (garden)a kertjük (their garden)
    érme (coin)az érméjük (their coin)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -ük
accusative -üket
dative -üknek
instrumental -ükkel
causal-final -ükért
translative -ükké
terminative -ükig
essive-formal -ükként
essive-modal -ükül
inessive -ükben
superessive -ükön
adessive -üknél
illative -ükbe
sublative -ükre
allative -ükhöz
elative -ükből
delative -ükről
ablative -üktől

See also

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