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Hungarian
Etymology
-a (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -nk (first-person plural personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aink
- (possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple possessions)
- ház (“house”) → a házaink (“our houses”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -ink is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -aink is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -eink is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jaink is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jeink is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
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