-jaink

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɒjiŋk]

Suffix

-jaink

1. (possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple possessions)

   pad (“bench”) → a padjaink (“our benches”)

   kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaink (“our cars”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -ink is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -aink is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -eink is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jaink is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

  -jeink is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

See also

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