fojt

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as fúl (to drown) + -jt (causative suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfojt]
  • Homophone: folyt
  • Rhymes: -ojt

Verb

fojt

  1. (transitive) to choke, stifle, strangle
    Middle-voice counterparts: fullad, fúl

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fojtás
  • fojtogat
  • fojtós

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

References

  1. fojt 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

  • fojt 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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