furdalja az oldalát
Hungarian
Etymology
furdal (“to prod”) + -ja (personal suffix) + az (“the”) + oldal (“side”) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to prod one's side”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfurdɒjːɒ ɒz ˈoldɒlaːt]
Verb
furdalja az oldalát
- (idiomatic) to nag at, to be intrigued by (to be interested in something and want to know more about it)
- Furdalta az oldalamat a kíváncsiság. ― I was dying of curiosity.
- 1858-1860, Mór Jókai, Jókai Mór dekameronja (The Decameron of Mór Jókai), A strucczmadár (The ostrich):
- Koppánné ifjasszony tudott néhány szót törökül, ..., ez a tudomány nagyon furdalta az oldalát; óhajtott vele ragyogni, hogy ő törökül is tud.
- Mrs. Koppán knew a few words in Turkish, ..., this knowledge interested her greatly; she wished to shine with it, that she knows Turkish, as well.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see the definite conjugation of furdal.
- The noun oldal takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: oldalamat, oldaladat, oldalát, oldalunkat, oldalatokat, oldalukat.