véka alá rejti a tehetségét

véka alá rejti a tehetségét

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally: "to hide one's talent under a bushel", from véka (“bushel”) + alá (“under”) + rejt (“to hide”) + -i (“personal suffix”) + a (“the”) + tehetség (“talent”) + -e (“possessive suffix”) + -t (“accusative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːkɒɒlaː ˈrɛjti ɒˈtɛhɛt͡ʃːeːɡeːt]

Verb

véka alá rejti a tehetségét

1. (idiomatic) to hide one's light under a bushel

Conjugation

For the conjugation of the verb, see rejt. The inflected noun tehetségét takes a possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence; véka alá is not inflected. For example:

• Véka alá rejted a tehetségedet. ― You hide your light under a bushel.
• Véka alá rejtik a tehetségüket. ― They hide their light under a bushel.