feleségetek

Feleségetek is the second-person plural possessive form of the Hungarian noun feleség, meaning “your wife” when speaking to two or more people. It is a grammatical inflected form used to indicate that the wife belongs to the group addressed.

Formation and usage: The base word feleség means “wife.” To mark possession for the second person plural, Hungarian attaches a possessive suffix, resulting in feleségetek. The exact suffix can vary with vowel harmony, but feleségetek is a common written form. This form functions as a determiner in front of the noun, as in the sentence: A feleségetek itt van. “Your wife is here.” It can also appear in object position, for example: Láttam a feleségeteket. “I saw your wife.”

Relation to other possessive forms: Feleségetek contrasts with other person-specific forms such as feleségem (my wife), feleséged (your wife, singular), felesége (his/her wife), feleségünk (our wife), and feleségük (their wife). Hungarian generally uses these suffixal possessives rather than separate possessive pronouns for nouns.

Etymology and usage notes: The word feleség comes from the native Hungarian lexicon, and the possessive suffixes are part of a long-standing system of agglutinative affixes that mark person and number. Feleségetek is standard in both written and spoken Hungarian when addressing multiple people about their wife, though in everyday speech speakers may restructure sentences to avoid repetition or ambiguity.