serp
See also: sèrp, SERP, and серп
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛrp/
Audio (file)
Noun
serp (plural serpe)
- scarf
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈseɾp/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈserp/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun
serp f (plural serps)
- snake
Synonyms
- serpent
Derived terms
- serp corall
- serp de cascavell
- serp de vidre
- serpejar
- serpeta
- serp fuet
- serp gat
- serp llop
- serp marina
- serp tigre
- serp verda
- serp verda i groga
References
- “serp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “serp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Lower Sorbian
serp
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian serp, Polish sierp, Czech srp, Serbo-Croatian sȓp, Russian серп (serp).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛrp/
Noun
serp m (diminutive serpik)
- sickle (“agricultural implement”)
Declension
Declension of serp
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | serp | serpa | serpy |
| Genitive | serpa | serpowu | serpow |
| Dative | serpoju | serpoma | serpam |
| Accusative | serp | serpa | serpy |
| Instrumental | serpom | serpoma | serpami |
| Locative | serpje | serpoma | serpach |
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “serp”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “serp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian serpi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛrp/
- Rhymes: -ɛrp
Noun
serp m (plural sriep, feminine serpa, diminutive srejjep)
- snake
- Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b’idejha b’gidma ta’ serp velenuż.
- Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.
Related terms
- serpa
- serpent
- serpentin
- serpentun
See also
- lifgħa
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan) siarp
- (Sutsilvan) zearp
- (Surmiran) zerp
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.
Noun
serp f (plural serps)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake
Synonyms
- (Surmiran) serpent
- (Vallader) serpaint
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.
Noun
serp m
- sickle (agricultural implement)
Further reading
- “serp” in Soblex