PossedNumber: possessed object’s number
PossedNumber
PossedNumber is the possessee’s (possessed, owned noun phrase’s) number. In Hungarian, possession can be marked on the possessor or on the possessed. It is possible, though rare, that a noun has three distinct number features: its own grammatical number, number of its possessor and number of its possession. Examples from the Multext-East Hungarian lexicon:
- könnyedén (SSS)
- könny = a tear (singular)
- könnyed = your tear (singular owner)
- könnyedé = (possession) of your tear (singular possession)
- könnyedén = (on the possession) of your tear (superessive case)
- ellenfeleié (PSS)
- ellenfél = an opponent (singular)
- ellenfele = his/her/its opponent (singular owner)
- ellenfelei = his/her/its opponents (core plural, singular owner)
- ellenfeleié = (possession) of his/her/its opponents (singular possession)
- életeké (SPS)
- él = point (singular)
- élek = points (plural)
- élén = his/her/its point (singular owner)
- élünk = our point (plural owner)
- életeké = (possession) of our point (singular possession)
- tárgyalópartnereinkét (PPS)
- tárgyalópartner = negotiator (singular)
- tárgyalópartnerei = his/her/its negotiators (plural, singular owner)
- tárgyalópartnereinkét = (possession) of our negotiators (plural, plural owner, singular possession, accusative case)
Words marked for plural possessions are very rare, though. Note that in the following example from Multext-East, Columbus is marked for plural possession, but not for his own owner.
- Kolumbuszéinál
- Kolumbusz = Columbus (singular)
- Kolumbuszéi = (possessions) of Columbus (plural possession)
- Kolumbuszéinál = (at the possessions) of Columbus (adessive case)