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-uk

-uk

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

Hungarian

Suffix

-uk

(possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
ház ‎(“house”) → a házuk ‎(“their house”)

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	—

Usage notes

(possessive suffix) Variants:

-uk is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
ház ‎(“house”) → a házuk ‎(“their house”)

-ük is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
gyerek ‎(“child”) → a 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”) → a karjuk ‎(“their arms”)

hajó ‎(“ship”) → a hajójuk ‎(“their ship”)

alma ‎(“apple”) → az 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”) → a kertjük ‎(“their garden”)

érme ‎(“coin”) → az érméjük ‎(“their coin”)

See also

Category:Hungarian noun forms
Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes