gyakorlatuk

Gyakorlatuk is a Hungarian noun phrase meaning “their practice” or “their exercises.” It is formed by attaching the third-person plural possessive suffix -uk to the noun gyakorlat, which means practice or exercise. The form illustrates Hungarian possessive morphology, where the suffix agrees with the possessor (they) and the base noun remains unchanged apart from the suffix. The choice between -uk and -ük follows vowel harmony; because gyakorlat contains back vowels, the suffix appears as -uk, giving gyakorlatuk.

In use, gyakorlatuk functions as a possessed noun phrase and can appear in various syntactic positions, often with the possessive meaning clear from context. It can occur as a subject complement, an adverbial modifier, or a predicate noun, typically referring to activities or routines owned by a group. For example: “A csoport gyakorlatuk során a koordinációt fejlesztette.” Here, gyakorlatuk means “their practice,” and the sentence describes what the group did during their practice. Another example: “Gyakorlatuk célja a hatékonyság javítása.” This translates to “The goal of their practice is to improve efficiency.”

Gyakorlatuk is one of several Hungarian possessive forms formed with person-number suffixes attached to nouns. It demonstrates how Hungarian encodes ownership directly on the noun, without a separate pronoun before the noun, and reflects the language’s vowel harmony rules in suffix selection. See also gyakorlat, possessive suffixes, and Hungarian grammar.