-uk

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uk]

Suffix

-uk

1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)

   ház (“house”) → a házuk (“their house”)

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”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-uk	—
accusative	-ukat	—
dative	-uknak	—
instrumental	-ukkal	—
causal-final	-ukért	—
translative	-ukká	—
terminative	-ukig	—
essive-formal	-ukként	—
essive-modal	-ukul	—
inessive	-ukban	—
superessive	-ukon	—
adessive	-uknál	—
illative	-ukba	—
sublative	-ukra	—
allative	-ukhoz	—
elative	-ukból	—
delative	-ukról	—
ablative	-uktól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	-uké	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	-ukéi	—

See also

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