Hungarian
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Etymology
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ég (“to burn”) + a (“the”) + kéz (“hand”) + -e (“his/her”, possessive suffix) + alatt (“under”) + a (“the”) + munka (“work”), literally “the work burns under his/her hand”
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈeːɡ ɒ ˈkɛzɛ ˈɒlɒtː ɒ ˈmuŋkɒ]
ég a keze alatt a munka
- (idiomatic) to work quickly, capably, and well
Conjugation
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- For the verb, see ég.
- The noun kéz (“hand”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the logical subject of the sentence (the person/s affected): kezem, kezed, keze, kezünk, kezetek, kezük.
- The rest of the phrase remains unchanged.