fogához veri a garast

Hungarian

Etymology

fog (“tooth”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -hoz (“to”) + ver (“to hit, beat”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + garas (“penny”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally: to beat the penny to one's tooth

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɡaːɦoz ˈvɛri ɒˈɡɒrɒʃt]

Phrase

fogához veri a garast

  1. (idiomatic) close-fisted, tight-fisted, miserly, stingy, cheap (excessively stingy with money)
    Synonym: zsugori

Declension
  • For the verb see ver.
  • The possessive noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: fogamhoz, fogadhoz, fogához, fogunkhoz, fogatokhoz, fogukhoz.
  • The inflected noun garast remains unchanged.
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