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Hungarian
Etymology
élet (“life”) + fogytig (“until runs out”), from a lexicalization of fogy (“to run out”, compare elfogy) + -t (noun-forming suffix) + -ig (“till”, case suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: élet‧fogy‧tig
- Rhymes: -iɡ
Adverb
életfogytig (not comparable)
- (of a person) lifetime, life (while one lives, until death)
- Synonyms: élethosszig, halálig
- Életfogytig tartó száműzetésre ítélték. ― He was sentenced to a lifetime exile.
- életfogytig tartó börtönbüntetés ― life imprisonment
Derived terms
Further reading
- életfogytig 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
- életfogytig in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).