foszt

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

foszt

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

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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