körmére ég

Hungarian

Etymology

From the körm- stem of köröm (“nail”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -re (“onto”, case suffix) +‎ ég (“to burn”), literally “to burn onto one's nail”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkørmeːrɛeːɡ]

Verb

körmére ég

(idiomatic, of work, things to do) to be pressing, overdue (to leave something to the last minute until it becomes suddenly urgent, to wait until almost too late to do something)
Körmömre ég a munka. ― My work is really pressing.

Conjugation

For the verb, see ég.
The noun köröm takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: körmömre, körmödre, körmére, körmünkre, körmötökre, körmükre.

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