fogy
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]fogy (plural fogies)
- Alternative spelling of fogey
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- “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. […]”
- (US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pučɜ- (“to lessen, decrease”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fogy
- (intransitive) to lessen, decrease, diminish
- Synonyms: fogyatkozik, csökken
- (intransitive) to lose weight (become thinner)
- Antonym: hízik
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of fogy
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | fogyok | fogysz | fogy | fogyunk | fogytok | fogynak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | fogytam | fogytál | fogyott | fogytunk | fogytatok | fogytak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fogyni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | fogyék | fogyál | fogya | fogyánk | fogyátok | fogyának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fogy vala, fogyott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | fogyandok | fogyandasz | fogyand | fogyandunk | fogyandotok | fogyandanak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | fogynék | fogynál | fogyna | fogynánk | fogynátok | fogynának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fogyott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | fogyjak | fogyj or fogyjál |
fogyjon | fogyjunk | fogyjatok | fogyjanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fogyott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | fogyni | fogynom | fogynod | fogynia | fogynunk | fogynotok | fogyniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
fogyás | fogyó | fogyott | ― | fogyva (fogyván) | |||||
potential conjugation of fogy
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | fogyhatok | fogyhatsz | fogyhat | fogyhatunk | fogyhattok | fogyhatnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | fogyhattam | fogyhattál | fogyhatott | fogyhattunk | fogyhattatok | fogyhattak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | fogyhaték | fogyhatál | fogyhata | fogyhatánk | fogyhatátok | fogyhatának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fogyhat vala, fogyhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | fogyhatandok or fogyandhatok |
fogyhatandasz or fogyandhatsz |
fogyhatand or fogyandhat |
fogyhatandunk or fogyandhatunk |
fogyhatandotok or fogyandhattok |
fogyhatandanak or fogyandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | fogyhatnék | fogyhatnál | fogyhatna | fogyhatnánk | fogyhatnátok | fogyhatnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fogyhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | fogyhassak | fogyhass or fogyhassál |
fogyhasson | fogyhassunk | fogyhassatok | fogyhassanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fogyhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (fogyhatni) | (fogyhatnom) | (fogyhatnod) | (fogyhatnia) | (fogyhatnunk) | (fogyhatnotok) | (fogyhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (fogyhatva / fogyhatván) | ||||
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- ^ Entry #805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ fogy in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- fogy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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