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láry-fáry

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Italian solmisation la re fa re. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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láry-fáry m inan pl (indeclinable)

  1. nonsense
    Synonyms: tresky-plesky, taľafatky

References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “láry-fáry”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 318

Further reading

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  • láry-fáry”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025