-jeim
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]-je (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -m (first-person singular personal suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-jeim
- (possessive suffix) my ... -s (first-person singular, multiple possessions)
- kert (“garden”) → a kertjeim (“my gardens”)
- zseni (“genius”) → a zsenijeim (“my geniuses”)
Usage notes
[edit]- (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
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -jeim | — |
| accusative | -jeimet | — |
| dative | -jeimnek | — |
| instrumental | -jeimmel | — |
| causal-final | -jeimért | — |
| translative | -jeimmé | — |
| terminative | -jeimig | — |
| essive-formal | -jeimként | — |
| essive-modal | -jeimül | — |
| inessive | -jeimben | — |
| superessive | -jeimen | — |
| adessive | -jeimnél | — |
| illative | -jeimbe | — |
| sublative | -jeimre | — |
| allative | -jeimhez | — |
| elative | -jeimből | — |
| delative | -jeimről | — |
| ablative | -jeimtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-jeimé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-jeiméi | — |