hibáinak

Hibáinak is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun hiba, meaning fault or mistake. In English it is typically rendered as “their mistakes” or “their faults,” indicating possession by a third-person plural subject and referring to multiple errors associated with that group. The form is produced by attaching possessive and number-related suffixes to the base noun, following the vowel-harmony rules of Hungarian. As with other Hungarian possessive constructions, the exact appearance of hibáinak can vary with the surrounding case and definiteness, but it is commonly used to refer to errors belonging to a plural group.

In usage, hibáinak appears in formal or analytic contexts, especially in writing that examines errors made by a group such as students, employees, or organizations. The phrase is often part of a larger noun phrase, for example a group’s mistakes or faults being analyzed or discussed. It contrasts with other possessive forms that refer to different possessors or numbers, such as hibái (their mistakes in a different grammatical variant) or hibáikat (their mistakes in a different case or definiteness setting).

Examples:

- A diákok hibáinak elemzése fontos az oktatásban. (The analysis of the students’ mistakes is important in education.)

- A cég hibáinak kiértékelése segíti a minőségbiztosítást. (The evaluation of the company’s faults helps quality assurance.)

Related terms include hiba (fault, error), hibás (faulty, erroneous), and tévedés (mistake).