elveti a sulykot

Hungarian

Etymology

elvet (“to throw away”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + sulyok (“mallet”) +‎ -ot (accusative suffix), literally: "to throw away the beater/mallet"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛti ɒ ˈʃujkot]

Verb

elveti a sulykot

1. (idiomatic) to exaggerate, tell a tall story, lay it on thick, draw the longbow

   Synonym: túloz

Conjugation

• For the verb, see elvet.
• The inflected noun sulykot remains unchanged.