See also: juk, Juk, and -juk

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possessive suffix.

Suffix

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-jük

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    kert (garden) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (their garden)
    érme (coin) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (their coin)
Usage notes
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  • (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
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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

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Personal suffix.

Suffix

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-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
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  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the tables below.

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