Sejtjeinek

Sejtjeinek is a Hungarian grammatical form derived from the noun sejt, meaning cell. It is used to indicate possession of cells by a third-person possessor, and is typically translated as “its cells” or “their cells” depending on the context. The form appears in phrases where the possessor is named or implied and the noun for the possessed items is in plural.

In standard usage sejtjeinek is part of a larger possessive construction in which the possessed noun (often sejtek, “cells”) is linked to its possessor. A common context is a noun phrase such as Az állat sejtjeinek működése, meaning “the functioning of the animal’s cells.” Another example is Az emberi szervezet sejtjeinek interakciója, or “the interaction of the cells of the human organism.” These constructions are frequent in biological, medical, and anatomical writing.

Morphologically, sejtjeinek can be analyzed as sejt (cell) plus a possessive suffix that marks the third-person possessor, fused with a plural/genitive ending that aligns with the noun’s plural form in the possessive phrase. Hungarian forms vary with vowel harmony and the exact possessor (singular or plural), leading to related forms such as sejtjei or sejtjeinek in different syntactic positions.

See also: sejtjei (his/her/their cells), sejtjeinek (its/their cells in a possessive phrase), sejtek (cells). The term is primarily encountered in scientific and academic Hungarian, where precise possession and quantity of cells are discussed.