-juk

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See also: juk, Juk, and -jük

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-juk

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    kar (arm) + ‎-juk → ‎karjuk (their arms)
    hajó (ship) + ‎-juk → ‎hajójuk (their ship)
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
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -juk
accusative -jukat
dative -juknak
instrumental -jukkal
causal-final -jukért
translative -jukká
terminative -jukig
essive-formal -jukként
essive-modal -jukul
inessive -jukban
superessive -jukon
adessive -juknál
illative -jukba
sublative -jukra
allative -jukhoz
elative -jukból
delative -jukról
ablative -juktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-juké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-jukéi

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-juk

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood and subjunctive mood, definite conjugation).
    hall (to hear)Nem halljuk, amit mondasz.We can’t hear what you are saying.
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the tables below.

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