-jaim

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Suffix

-jaim

  1. my ... -s (first-person singular possessive suffix denoting plural possession)
    pad (“bench”) → a padjaim (“my benches”)
    kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaim (“my cars”)

Declension

declension of -jaim
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
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adessive -jaimnál
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illative -jaimba
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sublative -jaimra
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allative -jaimhoz
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elative -jaimból
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delative -jaimról
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ablative -jaimtól
-

Usage notes

  • (possessive suffix): Member of the following suffix cluster:
    -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

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