-jaik

See also: jäik

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɒjik]

Suffix

-jaik

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

   pad (“bench”) → a padjaik (“their benches”)

   kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaik (“their cars”)

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