fejébe száll a dicsőség
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
fej (“head”) + -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + -be (“into”, case suffix) + száll (“to fly”) + a (“the”) + dicsőség (“glory”), literally “the glory flies into one's head”
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈfɛjeːbɛ ˈsaːlː ɒ ˈdit͡ʃøːʃeːɡ]
=== Verb ===
fejébe száll a dicsőség
(idiomatic) to become swell-headed by success, to go to one's head (to become overconfident and self-conceited by one's own success)
Fejébe szállt a dicsőség! ― Success has gone to his head!
==== Conjugation ====
For the verb, see száll.
The noun dicsőség remains unchanged.
The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: fejembe, fejedbe, fejébe, fejünkbe, fejetekbe, fejükbe.