Ügyeiket

Ügyeiket is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “their affairs” or “their matters” when used as a definite direct object. It represents a specific possessive and definiteness combination in one noun phrase.

Morphology and composition: The base noun is ügy, meaning matter or affair. The plural form is typically ügyek (matters). For the third-person plural possessive, the form ügyeik is used to mean “their matters.” When the noun phrase is required as a definite direct object in a sentence, the suffix -et is attached, yielding ügyeiket. This construction signals both ownership by a plural subject and that the affair is a definite, identifiable object within the discourse. In contrast, a non-definite or non-object use would often appear as ügyeik or other inflected forms without the definite object suffix.

Usage: Ügyeiket appears in formal or written Hungarian, especially in legal, bureaucratic, or parliamentary contexts, where speakers refer to the affairs of a group and treat those affairs as a specific, identifiable set. It can occur with articles and other determiners, for example az ügyeiket (their affairs) or megvitatták az ügyeiket (they discussed their affairs).

Examples:

- Megvitatták az ügyeiket a bizottságban. (The committee discussed their affairs.)

- A döntéshozók megvizsgálták az ügyeiket. (The decision-makers examined their affairs.)

See also: Hungarian noun morphology, possessive suffixes, definite direct object in Hungarian, ügyei vs ügyeiket.