-uk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uk"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uk]
• Rhymes: -uk

Suffix

-uk

2. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)

   ház (“house”) → a házuk (“their house”)

3. (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”) + ‎-uk → ‎házuk (“their house”)

  -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎gyerek (“child”) + ‎-ük → ‎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”) + ‎-juk → ‎karjuk (“their arms”)

  ‎hajó (“ship”) + ‎-juk → ‎hajójuk (“their ship”)

  ‎alma (“apple”) + ‎-juk → ‎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”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)

  ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎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

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *-ukъ

Polish -uk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ukъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uk/
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: -uk

Suffix

-uk m pers or m animal or m inan

1. (now Suwałki, Eastern Lublin, Northern Borderlands, Southern Borderlands) Forms nouns, especially surnames

   ‎Andrzejek + ‎-uk → ‎Andrzejczuk

   ‎Wilno + ‎-uk → ‎wilniuk

Declension

Inanimate:

Declension of -uk

	singular	plural
nominative	-uk	-uki
genitive	-uku	-uków
dative	-ukowi	-ukom
accusative	-uk	-uki
instrumental	-ukiem	-ukami
locative	-uku	-ukach
vocative	-uku	-uki

Animal:

Declension of -uk

	singular	plural
nominative	-uk	-uki
genitive	-uka	-uków
dative	-ukowi	-ukom
accusative	-uka	-uki
instrumental	-ukiem	-ukami
locative	-uku	-ukach
vocative	-uku	-uki

Personal:

Declension of -uk

	singular	plural
nominative	-uk	-ucy/-uki (deprecative)
genitive	-uka	-uków
dative	-ukowi	-ukom
accusative	-uka	-uków
instrumental	-ukiem	-ukami
locative	-uku	-ukach
vocative	-uku	-ucy

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -uk

Andrzejczuk

bednarczuczek

kciuk

nieświszczuk

paciuk

parsiuk

Poleszuk

potępieńczuk

wilniuk

znowuk

Turkish

preceding vowel
a / ı	e / i	o / u	ö / ü
-ık	-ik	-uk	-ük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uk/

Suffix

-uk

1. Form of -ik after the vowels O / U.

   ‎sol- (“to lose color, to wither”) + ‎-uk → ‎soluk (“pale,faded”)