szedi a lábát
Hungarian
Etymology
szed (“to pick, pull”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + láb (“leg”) + -a (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to pick one's leg”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛdi ɒ ˈlaːbaːt]
Verb
szedi a lábát
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to hurry (to move as fast as one can)
- Synonyms: igyekszik, siet, iparkodik, csipkedi magát
Conjugation
- For the verb, see the definite forms of szed.
- The noun láb takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: lábamat, lábadat, lábát, lábunkat, lábatokat, lábukat.