Énekeinek

Énekeinek is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun ének, meaning “song.” In linguistic description, it is cited as an example of how Hungarian builds phrases by attaching multiple suffixes to a base noun to indicate possession and case. The form is commonly described as combining a third-person plural possessive element with a dative (indirect object) ending, yielding a meaning roughly translatable as “to their songs” or, in a broader possessive sense, “their songs” depending on grammatical context and word order.

In Hungarian grammar, énekeinek demonstrates the language’s agglutinative nature, where suffixes attach in sequence to express nuanced relationships between words without separate prepositions. The apparent combination seen in énekeinek involves a possessive plural suffix attached to ének and an additional dative or related ending. Because suffixal composition can vary by dialect, historical stage, and stylistic choice, exact parsing is sometimes debated among grammars, but the general idea remains: énekeinek marks both who owns the songs and how the phrase functions in the sentence.

Usage notes emphasize that énekeinek is a morphological form rather than a standalone lexical item. It appears in linguistic discussions of Hungarian morphology and in examples illustrating how possession and case interact in noun phrases. It is not a common everyday dictionary headword, but a standard example within grammar descriptions of Hungarian.

See also: ének, énekek, Hungarian grammar, Hungarian possessive and case suffixes.