Jump to content

lóhalálában

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Hungarian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Lexicalization of (horse) +‎ halálában, from halál (death) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -ban (in, inessive case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈloːɦɒlaːlaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: ló‧ha‧lá‧lá‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

[edit]

lóhalálában (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) at full gallop (driving the horses fast, not sparing them)
  2. (figurative) at breakneck speed, headlong, posthaste, hell-for-leather (with extreme haste, as fast as one can)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ lóhalálában in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

[edit]