lányé

lányé is a Hungarian nominal form meaning "the girl's" or "belonging to the girl." It is formed from the noun lány ("girl") plus the possessive suffix -é, which creates a substantivized possessive expressing that some item or quality belongs to the named person.

In use the form often appears in predicative or identificational constructions where the possessed noun is omitted because it is understood from context. For example, A táska a lányé. ("The bag is the girl's.") or Ez nem az enyém, hanem a lányé. ("This is not mine, but the girl's.") The phrase can function like a possessive pronoun in English.

Grammatically, -é is one of the ways Hungarian marks possession; it attaches to the possessor rather than the possessed noun and is commonly used with the definite article (a/an) in contexts that identify ownership. Pronunciation is approximately [ˈlaːɲeː], roughly "LAH-nyay" in English approximation. Orthographically the acute accent on é indicates a long front vowel, and the suffix follows regular rules of Hungarian orthography and vowel harmony as applicable.

Etymologically the form derives from Hungarian morphological processes that create possessive and genitive-like expressions; analogous constructions are found with other nouns (for example, házé "the house's") to indicate possession.