beadja a derekát

Hungarian

Etymology

bead (to hand in) + -ja (personal suffix) + a (the) + derék (waist) + -a (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally: “to present one's waist”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛɒɟːɒ ɒˈdɛrɛkaːt]
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Verb

beadja a derekát

  1. (idiomatic) to give in, to cave in, to knuckle under (to relent or yield under pressure to somebody else's will)

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see bead.
  • The inflected noun derekát changes its possessive suffix to match the subject of the verb. For example: "beadtuk a derekunkat" ("We caved in").
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