a sarkára áll

Hungarian

Etymology

a (“the”) +‎ sarok (“heel”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -ra (“onto”, case suffix) +‎ áll (“to stand”), literally: “to stand onto one's heel”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒ ˈʃɒrkaːrɒ ˈaːlː]

Verb

a sarkára áll

1. (idiomatic) to assert one's will, to be firm, to stick to one's guns (to confront others confidently in order to protect one's own interests, opinion, situation)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see áll.
• The inflected noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: sarkamra, sarkadra, sarkára, sarkunkra, sarkatokra, sarkukra.