-jú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ju"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [juː]
• Rhymes: -juː

Suffix

-jú

1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession or similarity. It is used only in parasynthetic compounds, requiring a preceding adjective or a compound structure. Similar in function to English -ed.

   cipő (“shoe”) + forma (“shape”) → cipő formájú fürdőkád (“a shoe-shaped bathtub”)

Usage notes

• (adjective-forming suffix): Variants:

  -ú is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

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

  -jú is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -jű is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-jú	-júak
accusative	-jút	-júakat
dative	-júnak	-júaknak
instrumental	-júval	-júakkal
causal-final	-júért	-júakért
translative	-júvá	-júakká
terminative	-júig	-júakig
essive-formal	-júként	-júakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-júban	-júakban
superessive	-jún	-júakon
adessive	-júnál	-júaknál
illative	-júba	-júakba
sublative	-júra	-júakra
allative	-júhoz	-júakhoz
elative	-júból	-júakból
delative	-júról	-júakról
ablative	-jútól	-júaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	-júé	-júaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-júéi	-júakéi

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -jú

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes