From tap (noun) + -s. Sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.
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| Inflection of taps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | taps | |||
| inflected | tapse | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | taps | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | tapse | ||
| n. sing. | taps | |||
| plural | tapse | |||
| definite | tapse | |||
| partitive | taps | |||
Back-formation from tapsol. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
taps (plural tapsok)
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | taps | tapsok |
| accusative | tapsot | tapsokat |
| dative | tapsnak | tapsoknak |
| instrumental | tapssal | tapsokkal |
| causal-final | tapsért | tapsokért |
| translative | tapssá | tapsokká |
| terminative | tapsig | tapsokig |
| essive-formal | tapsként | tapsokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tapsban | tapsokban |
| superessive | tapson | tapsokon |
| adessive | tapsnál | tapsoknál |
| illative | tapsba | tapsokba |
| sublative | tapsra | tapsokra |
| allative | tapshoz | tapsokhoz |
| elative | tapsból | tapsokból |
| delative | tapsról | tapsokról |
| ablative | tapstól | tapsoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
tapsé | tapsoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
tapséi | tapsokéi |
| Possessive forms of taps | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tapsom | tapsaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tapsod | tapsaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tapsa | tapsai |
| 1st person plural | tapsunk | tapsaink |
| 2nd person plural | tapsotok | tapsaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tapsuk | tapsaik |
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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