hapci

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒpt͡si]
  • Hyphenation: hap‧ci
  • Rhymes: -t͡si

Interjection

hapci

  1. achoo, atishoo (UK), kerchoo (the sound of a sneeze)
  2. (colloquial) bless you! (as a response when someone is sneezing)
    Synonym: egészségedre

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ hapci 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

  • hapci in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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