-jeik

-jeik

Hungarian

Etymology

-je (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural) +‎ -k (third-person plural personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɛjik]

Suffix

-jeik

1. possessive suffix for multiple possessions if there is no noun for the possessor:
   1. their ……-s (third-person plural; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) (!) being optional for emphasis)

      kert (“garden”) → a kertjeik, az ő kertjeik (“their gardens”)

      zseni (“genius”) → a zsenijeik, az ő zsenijeik (“their geniuses”)

   2. (formal) your ……-s (second-person plural, grammatically resembling the third person plural)

      kert (“garden”) → a kertjeik (“your [formal, plural] gardens”), alternatively: az önök kertjei, a maguk kertjei (!)

      zseni (“genius”) → a zsenijeik (“your [formal, plural] geniuses”), alternatively: az önök zsenijei, a maguk zsenijei (!)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -ik is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -aik is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -eik is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jaik is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

  -jeik is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

See also

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