fojt

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root as fúl (to drown) + -jt (causative suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfojt]

Verb

fojt

  1. (transitive) to choke, stifle, strangle

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fojtás
  • fojtogat
  • fojtós

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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