a sors fintora

Hungarian

Etymology

a (“the”) +‎ sors (“fate”) +‎ fintor (“grimace”) +‎ -a (“of”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒ ˈʃorʃ ˈfintorɒ]

Noun

a sors fintora

1. (idiomatic) irony, twist of fate, quirk of fate

Usage notes

• An adjective may also be inserted between the two nouns:

  a sors különös fintora ― a strange quirk of fate

• The order of words may be switched in certain sentence structures. In this case, the suffix -nak has to be appended to sors to indicate the possessive relation:

  Micsoda fintora a sorsnak! ― What an irony!

Declension

• For the possessive noun, see fintora.
• The rest of the phrase remains unchanged.