sipirc

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃipirt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: si‧pirc

Interjection

sipirc

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

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6
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