bevonatuk

Bevonatuk is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “their coating.” It is the possessive construction formed from the noun bevonat, which denotes a coating or outer layer applied to a surface. In Hungarian, possessive forms are attached to the possessed noun rather than to the possessor; bevonatuk literally translates to “their coating” and is used when describing coatings belonging to a group of subjects or objects.

Morphology and formation: The base noun bevonat takes the third-person plural possessive suffix -uk (written as -uk or -ük, according to vowel harmony), yielding bevonatuk. The suffix marks possession by multiple owners, and the stem remains unchanged aside from the addition of the suffix. This form is regular and productive in standard Hungarian.

Usage: Bevonatuk is used in technical, scientific, or descriptive texts to attribute a coating to multiple subjects. It is a possessive phrase that can function as a noun in a sentence or as part of a larger nominal group. For example: “Bevonatuk megvédte a felületet a korróziótól,” meaning that their coating protected the surface from corrosion; or “A termékek bevonatuk megfelel a szabványoknak,” noting that the products’ coatings meet the standards.

Variations: Other possessive forms of bevonat include bevonatunk (our coating) and bevonatuk (their coating), illustrating how Hungarian marks possession for different subjects. Bevonatuk is a normal, widely understood grammatical form and does not constitute a separate lexical entry beyond bevonat.