sipirc

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A playful derivation from sicc (“shoo”). Originally, it was a dialectal exclamation used to drive away cats.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

sipirc

  1. (colloquial, humorous) off you go! out/off with you! scram!
  2. (dialectal) shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away cats)

References[edit]

  1. ^ sipirc 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[edit]

  • sipirc 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
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