nyakigláb

Hungarian

Etymology

nyak (“neck”) +‎ -ig (“to”, case suffix) +‎ láb (“leg”), literally: “leg to [the] neck”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ ˈɲɒkiɡlaːb]
  • Hyphenation: nya‧kig‧láb
  • Rhymes: -aːb

Adjective

nyakigláb (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, humorous, of a person) long-legged, gangling (awkwardly tall and thin with long legs)

Further reading
  • nyakigláb in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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