fogy

English

Noun

fogy (plural fogies)

  1. 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. […]”
  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)
  • Rhymes: -oɟ

Verb

fogy

  1. (intransitive) to lessen, decrease, diminish
    Synonyms: fogyatkozik, csökken
  2. (intransitive) to lose weight (become thinner)
    Antonym: hízik

Conjugation
conjugation of fogy
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. 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. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. fogynék fogynál fogyna fogynánk fogynátok fogynának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. fogyjak fogyj or
fogyjál		 fogyjon fogyjunk fogyjatok fogyjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive fogyni fogynom fogynod fogynia fogynunk fogynotok fogyniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
fogyás fogyó fogyott ― fogyva fogyhat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References
  1. Entry #805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. 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
  • 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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