-jaim
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]-ja (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -m (first-person singular personal suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-jaim
- (possessive suffix) my ... -s (first-person singular, multiple possessions)
- pad (“bench”) → a padjaim (“my benches”)
- kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaim (“my cars”)
Usage notes
[edit]- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -im is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -aim is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -eim is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jaim is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jeim is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -jaim | — |
| accusative | -jaimat | — |
| dative | -jaimnak | — |
| instrumental | -jaimmal | — |
| causal-final | -jaimért | — |
| translative | -jaimmá | — |
| terminative | -jaimig | — |
| essive-formal | -jaimként | — |
| essive-modal | -jaimul | — |
| inessive | -jaimban | — |
| superessive | -jaimon | — |
| adessive | -jaimnál | — |
| illative | -jaimba | — |
| sublative | -jaimra | — |
| allative | -jaimhoz | — |
| elative | -jaimból | — |
| delative | -jaimról | — |
| ablative | -jaimtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-jaimé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-jaiméi | — |