foszt

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1395. Probably from Proto-Ugric *puśɜ- (rag; to dissolve, fray) (perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric?)[1] + -t (causative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfost]
  • Rhymes: -ost

Verb

foszt

  1. (transitive) to strip, shell, husk (maize)
  2. (transitive, of feather) to pick, pluck

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. Entry #826 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. foszt 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

  • foszt 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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