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