тяп-ляп
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Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of ляп (ljap), of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare тяпать (tjapatʹ), ляпать (ljapatʹ)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]тя́п-ля́п • (tjáp-ljáp)
- (colloquial) willy-nilly (hastily or haphazardly)
- (colloquial) incompetently, half-assed
Synonyms
[edit]- халту́рно (xaltúrno)
- тя́п да ля́п (tjáp da ljáp)
- и та́к сойдёт (i ták sojdjót)
- ко́е-ка́к (kóje-kák)
References
[edit]- ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “тяп-ляп”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa