-aik

See also: aik and aik-

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒjik]

Suffix

-aik

1. (possessive suffix) their …-s (third-person plural, multiple possessions)

   ház (“house”) → a házaik (“their houses”)

2. (possessive suffix) your …-s (second-person singular and plural formal, multiple possessions)

   a házaik – your (singular/plural, formal) houses

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