cikke

Cikke is a Hungarian word-form that marks the third-person possessive of the noun cikk, meaning article. It translates roughly as “his article” or “her article,” depending on the possessor. The form is used when the possessor is singular and identifiable from context or from a surrounding possessive phrase such as az ő.

Formation and spelling: In Hungarian, nouns can take a possessive suffix to indicate ownership. For the noun cikk, the third-person singular possessive suffix attaches as -e, yielding cikke. The spelling aligns with standard Hungarian orthography and vowel harmony. The possessive is often used as a single word, but when emphasis on the possessor is desired, it may be accompanied by an explicit determiner like az ő.

Usage: Cikke appears in neutral, descriptive, or journalistic language to refer to a previously mentioned article belonging to someone. Examples include sentences such as A cikke megjelent a folyóiratban, meaning roughly “Her/His article appeared in the journal,” with the exact possessor inferred from context. Another example is Az ő cikke a kutatásról szól, meaning “Her/His article is about the research.”

Notes: Cikke is a specific, inflected form within Hungarian possessive morphology. It is not a standalone noun but a fused possessive construction built on the noun cikk. For clarity about who owns the article, writers may include the explicit possessor phrase az ő or a possessive pronoun as needed.