Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

-ja (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural) +‎ -m (first-person singular personal suffix)

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-jaim

  1. (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

See also edit