Szigorúságuk

Szigorúságuk is the Hungarian grammatical form formed from the noun szigorúság, meaning strictness or severity, with the third-person plural possessive suffix -uk (also written as -ük in some contexts). The result expresses “their strictness” or “the strictness of them” and functions as a possessive noun phrase within a sentence. It is not a standalone concept or proper noun, but a standard possession construction in Hungarian.

Formation and usage: Szigorúság is a derived noun built from szigor (strictness) with the suffix -ság, denoting a state or quality. To indicate ownership by multiple people, Hungarian adds the third-person plural possessive suffix -uk or -ük, depending on vowel harmony. The form szigorúságuk therefore agrees with the possessor in number and reflects the usual rules of Hungarian possessive morphology.

Examples and nuance: Szigorúságuk can appear in contexts where a group’s quality is described or evaluated. For instance, a typical sentence might be A tanárok szigorúságuk miatt ismertek, meaning “The teachers were known for their strictness.” The construction emphasizes the attribute as belonging to the group rather than to one individual.

Notes: As with other possessive forms, the exact spelling is determined by Hungarian orthographic and phonological rules, including vowel harmony. Szigorúságuk exemplifies a routine grammatical mechanism by which authors attribute a characteristic to a plural subject without introducing a separate lexical item.