fonnyad

Hungarian

Etymology

From fon + -ad (frequentative-reflexive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɲːɒd]
  • Hyphenation: fony‧nyad

Verb

fonnyad

  1. (intransitive, of a plant) to droop, wilt, shrivel (to dry and shrink from loss of moisture)
  2. (intransitive, of a woman) to wither (to lose youth)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fonnyadás
  • fonnyadozik

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elfonnyad
  • lefonnyad
  • megfonnyad
  • összefonnyad

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
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