Fény

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Fény

 

Meaning:

light

 

Pronunciation:

 

Example sentences:

Mindig a fény felé nézz!

Always look towards the light!

[Always the light in-its-direction look-you!]

 

A Láthatatlan Fény – Hungarian title of the book “All the Light we Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, which is one of Juli’s favourites 🙂

The Invisible Light

[The see-can-not-able-to (i.e. invisible) light]

 

Related terms:

tűz – fire

lámpa – lamp

sötét / sötétség – dark / darkness

nappal – daytime

nap – sun

természetes fény – natural light

fénykép – photograph (literally: light-picture)

fényez – to polish (but also: to make something look better as it actually is)

fénylik – to glow

 

Not to be confused with:

fenyő – fir (tree)

fenyeget – to threaten

 

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