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Azerbaijani
Verb
-ük
- Postconsonantal form of -ik after the vowels Ö / Ü.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ük
- (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”) + -uk → házuk (“their house”)
- -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- gyerek (“child”) + -ük → 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”) + -juk → karjuk (“their arms”)
- hajó (“ship”) + -juk → hajójuk (“their ship”)
- alma (“apple”) + -juk → 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”) + -jük → kertjük (“their garden”)
- érme (“coin”) + -jük → érméjük (“their coin”)
Declension
See also
Turkish
| preceding vowel
|
| A / I
|
E / İ
|
O / U
|
Ö / Ü
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| -ık
|
-ik
|
-uk
|
-ük
|
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ük
- Form of -ik after the vowels Ö / Ü.
- böl- (“to divide, to separate”) + -ük → bölük (“divided, section”)