kopó

• IPA^(key): [ˈkopoː]
• Rhymes: -poː
• Hyphenation: ko‧pó

From the kop variant of kap (“to seize, grab”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix). The figurative sense developed metaphorically based on the original sense. First attested in c. 1422^[1]

kopó (plural kopók)

1. hound (a small to medium-sized hunting dog with strong legs, drooping ears, and a relatively short, pointed tail)
2. (figurative, sarcastic) gumshoe, sleuthhound, bloodhound [1810] (a police detective)

   Synonym: fogdmeg

From kopik (“to wear out”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix).

kopó

1. present participle of kopik (“becoming threadbare”)

• kopó in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.