ül a babérjain
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Hungarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ül (“to sit”) + a (“the”) + babér (“laurel”) + -jai (possessive suffix) + -n (“on”, case suffix), literally “to sit on one's laurels”
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic) to rest on one's laurels (to rely on a past success; to do nothing, to be complacent)
Conjugation
[edit]- For the verb, see ül.
- The noun babér (“laurel”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: babérjaimon, babérjaidon, babérjain, babérjainkon, babérjaitokon, babérjaikon.