-jaim

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɒjim]

Suffix

-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

  • (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

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

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