Template:hu-d-a-poss

Possessive (and genitive) suffix: [from 1055]
1. (with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …
  ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)
2. (with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)
  Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)
3. (with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)
  a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)
4. (with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)
  Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el. ― S/he left one century / two years / one hour / a long time ago.
  
  Synonym: -val/-vel ezelőtt (e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt)
5. (with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)
  Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád. ― We have been waiting for you for a century / two years / an hour / a long time.
  
  Synonym: óta (less common in this sense; more commonly means “since”)
6. (mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)
  Synonym: (only with countable quantities) közül
  
  jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)
  
  legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

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Purpose

This is a definition template for the Hungarian set of possessive suffixes -a/-e/-ja/-je. Instead of repeating the same definition four times, a template allows editing in one place and keeps the definitions in sync.