-ik eki kırvatçada ve macarcada kapu:kapı örn: ez o kapuik- onların kapısı ik makes plural

-ik

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Contents [hide] 1 Croatian 1.1 Suffix 1.2 See also 2 Hungarian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Suffix 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.3 See also

[edit] Croatian

[edit] Suffix

-ik

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.

[edit] See also

• -nik
• -enik
• -ovnik
• -evnik

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈik/

[edit] Suffix

-ik

1. The ending of a large group of verbs in third-person singular present tense indefinite conjugation.

   utazik - travel

2. The ending of front-vowel verbs in third-person plural present tense definite conjugation.

   néz (look) - nézik (they look at it)

3. Third-person plural possessive suffix denoting plural possession in words ending in a vowel.

   kapu - gate

   a kapuik, az ő kapuik - their gates

4. Specifies which one of a specific set of things/persons. Used with adjectives. See usage notes below.

   rosszabb (worse) - a rosszabbik (the worse one)

   más (different) - másik (another one) - a másik (the other one)

   A nagyobbik szobában Péter lakik. - In the bigger room lives Peter. (of a specific set of rooms)

[edit] Usage notes

• (for adjectives): The -ik creates a determining adjective from a comparative adjective so it will answer to the question melyik? ("which?"). In a few cases it takes not a comparative but a basic adjective, which already incorporates the idea of comparison (e.g. más; "different"). It is very often used with a definite article (a/az; "the")

[edit] See also

• Category:Hungarian verbs ending in -ik
• -aik, -jaik (for back vowel words)
• -eik, -jeik (for front vowel words)
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

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