-uk

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [uk]
  • Rhymes: -uk

Suffix

-uk

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    ház (“house”) → a házuk (“their house”)
  2. (personal-pronoun suffix) of them (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
    három (“three”) → hármuk (“the three of them”)
    másik (“other”) → másikuk (“the other (of them)”)
    Az egyikük nappal alszik, a másikuk éjszaka. ― One of them sleeps during the day, the other at night.

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”)
    Possessive suffixes
Person Single possession Plural possession
én 1st person singular -m/-om/-am/-em/-öm -im/-aim/-eim/-jaim/-jeim
te 2nd person singular -d/-od/-ad/-ed/-öd -id/-aid/-eid/-jaid/-jeid
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -a/-e/-ja/-je -i/-ai/-ei/-jai/-jei
mi 1st person plural -nk/-unk/-ünk -ink/-aink/-eink/-jaink/-jeink
ti 2nd person plural -tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök -itok/-itek/-aitok/-eitek/-jaitok/-jeitek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -uk/-ük/-juk/-jük -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik
  • (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    három (“three”) → hármuk (“the three of them”)
    -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    négy (“four”) → négyük (“the four of them”)
    -juk is added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -jük is added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    kettő (“two”) → kettőjük (“the two of them”)
    -ójuk is a variant of -uk
    három (“three”) → hármójuk (“the three of them”)
    -őjük is a variant of -ük
    négy (“four”) → négyőjük (“the four of them”)
    Personal-pronoun suffixes
Person Suffixes
én 1st person singular –
te 2nd person singular –
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -a/-e/-ja/-je
mi 1st person plural -nk/-unk/-ünk/-ónk/-őnk
ti 2nd person plural -tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök/-ótok/-őtök
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -uk/-ük/-juk/-jük/-ójuk/-őjük

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 —
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 -uké —
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 -ukéi —

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

Turkish
preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-ık -ik -uk -ük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uk/

Suffix

-uk

  1. Form of -ık after the vowels O / U.
    ‎sol- (“to lose color, to wither”) + ‎-uk → ‎soluk (“pale,faded”)
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