fodor

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -r (obsolete noun-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fodor (plural fodrok)

  1. frill, ruffle (clothing)
  2. curl, wave (hair)
  3. ripple (water)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fodor fodrok
accusative fodrot fodrokat
dative fodornak fodroknak
instrumental fodorral fodrokkal
causal-final fodorért fodrokért
translative fodorrá fodrokká
terminative fodorig fodrokig
essive-formal fodorként fodrokként
essive-modal
inessive fodorban fodrokban
superessive fodron fodrokon
adessive fodornál fodroknál
illative fodorba fodrokba
sublative fodorra fodrokra
allative fodorhoz fodrokhoz
elative fodorból fodrokból
delative fodorról fodrokról
ablative fodortól fodroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fodoré fodroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fodoréi fodrokéi
Possessive forms of fodor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fodrom fodraim
2nd person sing. fodrod fodraid
3rd person sing. fodra fodrai
1st person plural fodrunk fodraink
2nd person plural fodrotok fodraitok
3rd person plural fodruk fodraik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ fodor in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • fodor 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

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, whence also Old Frisian fōder, Old High German fuotar, Old Norse fóðr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (guard, graze, feed).

Noun

fōdor n

  1. fodder
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *fōdr. Compare Old High German fuotar, Old Norse fóðr, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr).

Noun

fōdor n

  1. sheath