English

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɟ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɟ

Verb

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fogy

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  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

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  • 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