-jük

See also: juk, Juk, and -juk

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • -jök (dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jyk]
  • Rhymes: -yk

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)
    ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)
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 -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -jük —
accusative -jüket —
dative -jüknek —
instrumental -jükkel —
causal-final -jükért —
translative -jükké —
terminative -jükig —
essive-formal -jükként —
essive-modal -jükül —
inessive -jükben —
superessive -jükön —
adessive -jüknél —
illative -jükbe —
sublative -jükre —
allative -jükhöz —
elative -jükből —
delative -jükről —
ablative -jüktől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-jüké —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-jükéi —

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative and subjunctive mood, definite conjugation). The -j- assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
    ‎szeret (“to love”) + ‎-jük → ‎szeretjük (“we love [him/her/it/them]”)
    ‎keres (“to seek”) + ‎-jük → ‎keressük (“we seek something, we are seeking [him/her/it/them]”)
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the tables below.

See also

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