sipirc
Hungarian
editEtymology
editA playful derivation from sicc (“shoo”). Originally, it was a dialectal exclamation used to drive away cats.[1]
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editsipirc
- (colloquial, humorous) off you go! out/off with you! scram!
- (dialectal) shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away cats)
References
edit- ^ 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