-jék

See also: jek, and -jek

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jeːk]

Etymology 1

From -j (subjunctive suffix) +‎ -ék (personal suffix).

Suffix

-jék

2. (personal suffix) Forms the third-person plural subjunctive of verbs (definite conjugation).

   ismétel (“to repeat”) →

   Megkértem őket, hogy ismételjék meg az üzenetet. ― I asked them to repeat the message. (literally, “I asked them that they should repeat…”)

   Kérem, ismételjék meg az üzenetet! (formally addressing multiple persons) ― Please repeat the message.

Usage notes

• See harmonic variants in the table below.

    Subjunctive/imperative definite – personal endings

Person		Back    vowel	Front    vowel
én	1st person singular	-jam	-jem
te	2nd person singular	-d
	long form	-jad	-jed
ő maga / ön	3rd person singular	-ja	-je
mi	1st person plural	-juk	-jük
ti	2nd person plural	-játok	-jétek
ők maguk / önök	3rd person plural	-ják	-jék
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
Verb ending	Assimilation rules of -j
s sz z dz	The -j assimilates to the verb ending:   keres →‎ keress   metsz →‎ metssz   hoz →‎ hozz   edz →‎ eddz (No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.)
st szt	The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:   fest →‎ fess   fáraszt →‎ fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd.
long vowel + t or consonant + t	The -j becomes -s:   segít →‎ segíts   bont →‎ bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd.
short vowel + t	Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:   mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-jék

2. (personal suffix, literary, somewhat dated) Forms the third-person singular subjunctive present of verbs ending in -ik (indefinite conjugation).

   Synonym: (current form) -jon

   válik (“to turn into something, become something; [here:] to induce or contribute to something”) →

   Váljék egészségedre! ― Cheers! (literally, “May it benefit your health!”)

Usage notes

• See the harmonic variants in the table below.

    Subjunctive/imperative indefinite – personal endings

Person		Back     vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-jak	-jek
te	2nd person singular	-j
	long form	-jál	-jél
ő maga / ön	3rd person singular	-jon	-jen	-jön
	-ik verbs (optional)	-jék
mi	1st person plural	-junk	-jünk
ti	2nd person plural	-jatok	-jetek
ők maguk / önök	3rd person plural	-janak	-jenek
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
Verb ending	Assimilation rules of -j
-s -sz -z -dz	The -j assimilates to the verb ending:   keres →‎ keress   metsz →‎ metssz   hoz →‎ hozz   edz →‎ eddz
-st -szt	The -t is removed; the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:   fest →‎ fess   fáraszt →‎ fárassz
long vowel + t or consonant + t	The -j becomes -s:   segít →‎ segíts   bont →‎ bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss
short vowel + t	Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:   mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes