szeme fénye

Hungarian

Etymology

szem (eye) + -e (possessive suffix) + fény (light) + -e (possessive suffix), literally: “the light of one's eye”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛmɛfeːɲɛ]

Noun

szeme fénye

  1. (idiomatic) apple of someone’s eye (the object of somebody's affections)
  2. (idiomatic) (the source of) one’s pride (e.g. a grandchild for a grandparent)

Declension