tápat
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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech tápati, a synonym of topiti se (“to drown”) (see topit).[1] The current meaning comes from German tappen.[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tápat impf
- to grope (one's way)
- tápat v nejistotě ― to be all the see / to flounder about
- tápat rukou po holi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
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The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tápat. |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “tápati 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “tápati 2°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “tápat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda