-uk

See also: uk, UK, uK, .uk, ük, U.K., -ük, and Appendix:Variations of "uk"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uk]
  • Rhymes: -uk

Suffix

-uk

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    ház (“house”) → a házuk (“their house”)
  2. (personal-pronoun suffix) of them (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
    három (“three”) → hármuk (“the three of them”)
    másik (“other”) → másikuk (“the other (of them)”)
    Az egyikük nappal alszik, a másikuk éjszaka. ― One of them sleeps during the day, the other at night.

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”)
  • (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    három (“three”) → hármuk (“the three of them”)
    -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    négy (“four”) → négyük (“the four of them”)
    -juk is added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -jük is added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    kettő (“two”) → kettőjük (“the two of them”)
    -ójuk is a variant of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    három (“three”) → hármójuk (“the three of them”)
    -őjük is a variant of -ük
    négy (“four”) → négyőjük (“the four of them”)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

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

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-ık -ik Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) -ük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uk/

Suffix

-uk

  1. Form of -ık after the vowels O / U.
    ‎sol- (“to lose color, to wither”) + ‎-uk → ‎soluk (“pale,faded”)
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