капия

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐˈpijə]

Etymology 1

From Turkish kapı (“door”).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

(colloquial, dialect) door
(backgammon) closed point, made point; a point occupied by two or more checkers, which is impassable for the opponent's checkers.
(backgammon) any point on the board.

Etymology 2

From Turkish kabı, ezafe of kap (“case, vessel”), as in kılıç kabı (“sabre sheath”), with the graphemic change from ⟨b⟩ to ⟨p⟩ likely due to the influence of sense 1 of the term.

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

(archaic, dialect) sheath, scabbard

Etymology 3

From капи́ (kapí).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

(colloquial) A conically-shaped cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

Etymology 4

From elision of ⟨х⟩ from кахпи́я (kahpíja, “whore”) — see ку́рва (kúrva).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

(colloquial) An interesting, peculiar, and funny person.

Declension

Declension of капи́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	капи́я kapíja	капи́и kapíi
definite	капи́ята kapíjata	капи́ите kapíite