gyógyulófélben

Hungarian

Etymology

From gyógyuló (“recovering, healing”) +‎ -félben (“in the process of”, adverb-forming suffix), from gyógyul (“to recover, heal”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɟoːɟuloːfeːlbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: gyó‧gyu‧ló‧fél‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

gyógyulófélben (not comparable)

  1. on the mend (in the process of healing/recovering, in the middle of healing/recovering)
    A lábam gyógyulófélben van, de még mindig fáj a járás. ― My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.

Further reading

  • gyógyulófélben in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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