Abaev Dictionary: entry <hi rendition="#rend_italic">tæpp_1</hi>

Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.

 Абаев, Василий Иванович. Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. Т. I. A–Kʼ. М.–Л.: Наука, 1958. С. ??–??. font-variant: italic; font-variant: small-caps; quotes: "‘" "’"; quotes: "«" "»";
tæpp
dot speck stain
tæppytæ q˳ymac
speckled, polka-dotted fabric pinch (sæ ax˳yrstmæ gæsgæ) q˳ymæctæ fæxonync ḱyryntæ, dærǧytæ, tæppytæ, qūlon… (by colour) fabrics are called checked, striped, speckled, mottled… 1971 XI 89 k’˳ymty ’ssady tæpp næ arys you don't find a pinch of flour in the corners 155 īw tæpp myn tamako avær give me one pinch of tobacco III 1189 Cf. on the one hand ṭap stain ( 114), tab dot, stain ( 1970 XXXIII 554), on the other tap stain ( III 945. — 462). Apparently, of a onomatopoetic nature.