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

1. (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.