-ink
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Dutch
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ink
- (Low Saxon) Alternative form of -ing
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]-i (possessive plural) + -nk (first-person plural personal suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ink
- (possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple possessions)
- kapu (“gate”) → a kapuink (“our gates”)
- palota (“palace”) → a palotáink (“our palaces”)
- érme (“coin”) → az érméink (“our coins”)
Usage notes
[edit]- (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