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-jaink

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-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

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  • (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

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