lábam

lábam is a Hungarian word that translates to “my foot” in English. It is a first‑person possessive form of the noun láb, which means foot. The word combines the noun láb with the possessive suffix –am, indicating ownership by the speaker. In Hungarian, possessive suffixes are attached directly to the noun, and they vary according to the grammatical number, case, and the person who owns the object.

In everyday Hungarian, lábam is used in contexts that involve the speaker’s feet, such as describing pain, hygiene, or positioning. For example, a person might say, “Úgy érzem, a lábam fáj.” (“I feel that my foot hurts.”) The word can also appear in idiomatic expressions or figurative speech where a person’s foot signifies personal involvement or responsibility. Because possessive suffixes change in the dative case, the form lábam becomes lábamnak or lábamnak, depending on grammatical context.

The word exemplifies several grammatical features of Hungarian. It is subject‑inherent: the suffix “‑am” is tied to first person singular. It does not change in plural forms or in other person forms, such as lábad (“your foot”) or lábai (“his/her foot”). The word remains unchanged in compound forms, for example lábamkerek, an invented compound word meaning “my foot‑wheel.” In written and spoken Hungarian, lábam is a native lexical item that does not have a direct English equivalent beyond a literal translation; English speakers would use “my foot.” The usage of lábam is straightforward, with no additional phonological or syntactic complications.