-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)

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
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