Alj

Alj

Meaning:

bottom (also in figurative sense)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

A pohár alján még maradt egy kis ital.

There’s a bit of the drink left on the bottom of the glass.

[The glass bottom-on yet stayed a little drink.]

Ez mindennek a legalja.

Thats the bottom of the barrel.

[This everything-for the bottomest.]

Related terms:

tető – top, roof

csészealj – saucer

fenék – another word for bottom (e.g. the bottom of the lake would be “fenék”)

Not to be confused with:

Állj – Stop!, Freeze!

aljas – devious, sneaky

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