az árnyékától is fél

Hungarian

Etymology

az (“the”) +‎ árnyék (“shadow”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -tól (“from”, case suffix) +‎ is (“also, even”) +‎ fél (“to be afraid”), literally “to be afraid of even one's own shadow”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɒz ˈaːrɲeːkaːtoːl ˈiʃfeːl]

Verb

az árnyékától is fél

to be afraid of one's own shadow, to jump at one's own shadow (to be exceptionally timid)

Declension

For the verb, see fél.
The noun árnyék takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: árnyékomtól, árnyékodtól, árnyékától, árnyékunktól, árnyékotoktól, árnyékuktól.

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