lelkére köt

Hungarian

Etymology

From lélek (“soul”) +‎ -e (“his/her”) +‎ -re (“onto”, case suffix) +‎ köt (“to tie, bind”), literally, “to tie (it) onto someone’s soul”. Possibly a calque of German auf die Seele binden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛlkeːrɛ ˌkøt]

Verb

lelkére köt

1. (idiomatic, with -nak/-nek) to make someone promise something, to ask, urge, enjoin someone to do (or to avoid doing) something by any and all means

Conjugation

• For the verb, see köt.
• The inflected noun takes the possessive suffix depending on the recipient: lelkemre, lelkedre, lelkére, lelkünkre, lelketekre, lelkükre.