fogy

English

Noun

fogy (plural fogies)

  1. Alternative spelling of fogey
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
      “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
  2. (US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pučɜ- (“to lessen, decrease”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɟ]
  • Audio(file)

Verb

fogy

  1. (intransitive) to lessen, decrease, diminish
  2. (intransitive) to lose weight (become thinner)

Conjugation
conjugation of fogy
Infinitive fogyni
Past participle fogyott
Present participle fogyó
Future participle -
Adverbial participle fogyva
Potential fogyhat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite fogyok fogysz fogy fogyunk fogytok fogynak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite fogytam fogytál fogyott fogytunk fogytatok fogytak
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite fogynék fogynál fogyna fogynánk fogynátok fogynának
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite fogyjak fogyj
or
fogyjál		 fogyjon fogyjunk fogyjatok fogyjanak
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive fogynom fogynod fogynia fogynunk fogynotok fogyniuk

Synonyms

Derived terms

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References
  1. Entry #805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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