Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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

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Verb edit

fonnyad

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

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References edit

  1. ^ fonnyad 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

  • fonnyad 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