a sors fintora
Hungarian
Etymology
a (“the”) + sors (“fate”) + fintor (“grimace”) + -a (“of”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒ ˈʃorʃ ˈfintorɒ]
Noun
a sors fintora
- (idiomatic) irony, twist of fate, quirk of fate
Usage notes
- An adjective may also be inserted between the two nouns:
- a sors különös fintora ― a strange quirk of fate
- The order of words may be switched in certain sentence structures. In this case, the suffix -nak has to be appended to sors to indicate the possessive relation:
- Micsoda fintora a sorsnak! ― What an irony!
Declension
- The noun sors remains unchanged.
- For the possessive noun, see fintora.