anyjuk

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: any‧juk

From the any- stem of anya +‎ -juk (possessive suffix).

anyjuk

1. third-person plural single-possession possessive of anya

Lexicalization of the above (literally, “their mother”, i.e. the children’s mother).

• anyjok (dialectal)

anyjuk (plural anyjukok)

2. (folksy) missus, wifey, little woman (used by the husband, to address or refer to his wife)

   Synonyms: feleség, (dated in this sense) asszony

   Coordinate term: apjuk

3. (folksy, rare) mother-in-law

   Synonym: anyós

4. (folksy, derogatory) old woman

   Synonym: öregasszony

   • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, chapter 2, in John Ridland, transl., János vitéz (John the Valiant),‎:

     „Hanem most már elég, hallja-e kend, anyjuk? ¶ Fogja be a száját, vagy majd betapasztjuk.”

     “Enough of that guff, you shut your mouth or ¶ I’ll shut it for you, you hear me, Mother.”

Out of its suffixed forms, only anyjukot, anyjukostul, anyjukom, anyjukod (and rarely anyjuka or anyjukja) are used.

• anyjuk in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).