Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the dialectal verb top ~ tap (to get someone down) + -sol (frequentative suffix). First attested after 1416. [1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒpʃol]
  • Hyphenation: tap‧sol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb edit

tapsol

  1. (transitive) to clap, applaud (to express approval by clapping)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ tapsol 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

  • tapsol 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