Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
gyáva (“cowardly”) + kukac (“maggot”)
Pronunciation[edit]
gyáva kukac (plural gyáva kukacok)
- (childish) chicken, scaredy-cat (a coward, a person who lacks courage)
- Synonym: gyáva nyúl
Declension[edit]
- For the noun, see kukac.
- The adjective gyáva remains unchanged.