fogy

English

fogy (plural fogies)

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. […]”
(US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.

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

fogy

conjugation of fogy

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	fogyok	fogysz	fogy	fogyunk	fogytok	fogynak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	fogytam	fogytál	fogyott	fogytunk	fogytatok	fogytak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fogyni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	fogyék	fogyál	fogya	fogyánk	fogyátok	fogyának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fogy vala, fogyott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	fogyandok	fogyandasz	fogyand	fogyandunk	fogyandotok	fogyandanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	fogynék	fogynál	fogyna	fogynánk	fogynátok	fogynának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fogyott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	fogyjak	fogyj or fogyjál	fogyjon	fogyjunk	fogyjatok	fogyjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fogyott légyen
Infinitive	fogyni		fogynom	fogynod	fogynia	fogynunk	fogynotok	fogyniuk
Other forms	fogyás		fogyó	fogyott	―	fogyva (fogyván)

potential conjugation of fogy

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	fogyhatok	fogyhatsz	fogyhat	fogyhatunk	fogyhattok	fogyhatnak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	fogyhattam	fogyhattál	fogyhatott	fogyhattunk	fogyhattatok	fogyhattak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	fogyhaték	fogyhatál	fogyhata	fogyhatánk	fogyhatátok	fogyhatának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fogyhat vala, fogyhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	fogyhatandok or fogyandhatok	fogyhatandasz or fogyandhatsz	fogyhatand or fogyandhat	fogyhatandunk or fogyandhatunk	fogyhatandotok or fogyandhattok	fogyhatandanak or fogyandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	fogyhatnék	fogyhatnál	fogyhatna	fogyhatnánk	fogyhatnátok	fogyhatnának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fogyhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	fogyhassak	fogyhass or fogyhassál	fogyhasson	fogyhassunk	fogyhassatok	fogyhassanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fogyhatott légyen
Inf.	(fogyhatni)		(fogyhatnom)	(fogyhatnod)	(fogyhatnia)	(fogyhatnunk)	(fogyhatnotok)	(fogyhatniuk)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(fogyhatva / fogyhatván)

^ Entry #805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ 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.)