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Russian
Etymology
Reduplication of ляп (ljap), of onomatopoeic origin.[1] Compare тяпать (tjapatʹ), ляпать (ljapatʹ)
Pronunciation
Adverb
тя́п-ля́п • (tjáp-ljáp)
- (colloquial) willy-nilly (hastily or haphazardly)
- (colloquial) incompetently, half-assed
Synonyms
References
- ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “тяп-ляп”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa