-jén

See also: jen, Jen, jèn, jën, -jen, jɛ́n, and jèŋ

Hungarian

Etymology

-je (possessive suffix, referring to the day of a month) ‎ -n (“on”, superessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jeːn]
• Rhymes: -eːn

Suffix

-jén

1. on the specified day of the month, in this case, the 1st (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)

   október 1-jén ― on October 1st (literally, “on 1st of October”)

   június elsején ― on June the first

Usage notes

• Variants:

  -án — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 20th and 30th

  -én — in accordance with the vowel harmony of the numerals, with 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th (or these numbers plus 10 or 20), as well as 11th, 21st, and 31st

  -jén — only after 1st of a month: elsején or 1-jén (the 2015 edition of the spelling regulations also allows -én for the latter^[1])

See also

• Category:Hungarian ordinal numbers, also used for days of months when supplemented with a possessive suffix
• {{U:hu:num-odik}}, ordinal-number suffixes (“-th”)
• -a/-ja/-e/-je, possessive suffixes (“of”), see also its other suffixed forms at Declension