tápat

See also: tapat, tapât, tāpat, and tapāt

Czech[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech tápati, a synonym of topiti se (“to drown”) (see topit).^[1] The current meaning comes from German tappen.^[2]^[3]

tápat impf

to grope (one's way)
tápat v nejistotě ― to be all the see / to flounder about

tápat rukou po holi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Infinitive	tápat, tápati	Active adjective	tápající
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tápat.

^ Machek, Václav (1968) “tápati 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
^ Machek, Václav (1968) “tápati 2°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
^ "tápat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007