лепир
Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Slavic *lěpyrь; equivalent to лепя́ (lepjá, “to stick up”) + -ир (-ir). Compare also Serbo-Croatian ле̏птӣр (“butterfly”) (usually thought to be of Greek origin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲɛˈpir]
Noun
лепи́р • (lepír) m
- (obsolete) cave bat
- Synonyms: при́леп (prílep), (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak)
- (dialectal, in Central Bulgaria) vampire
- Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), (dialectal) (в)упир ((v)upir)
Inflection
Declension of лепир
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лепир | лепири |
| definite unspecified | лепирот | лепирите |
| definite proximal | лепиров | лепириве |
| definite distal | лепирон | лепирине |
| vocative | лепиру | лепири |
| count form | — | лепира |
Alternative forms
- липи́р (lipír), лепя́р (lepjár) – in the sense bat
- лемпи́р (lempír) – in the sense vampire, under the influence of вампи́р (vampír)
Related terms
- ле́пка (lépka, “sticky-stick; barnacle (crustecian); cleaver (weed)”)
- ле́павец m (lépavec), ле́павица f (lépavica, “foxtail grass”)
- лепи́ло (lepílo, “glue”)
References
- лепир in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “лепир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 364
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “лемпи́ръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9