малпа
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ма́лпа (málpa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaɫpa]
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Noun
ма́лпа • (málpa) f animal (genitive ма́лпы, nominative plural ма́лпы, genitive plural ма́лпаў)
- ape, monkey
Declension
Declension of ма́лпа (anml hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ма́лпа málpa | ма́лпы málpy |
| genitive | ма́лпы málpy | ма́лпаў málpaŭ |
| dative | ма́лпе málpje | ма́лпам málpam |
| accusative | ма́лпу málpu | ма́лпаў málpaŭ |
| instrumental | ма́лпай, ма́лпаю málpaj, málpaju | ма́лпамі málpami |
| locative | ма́лпе málpje | ма́лпах málpax |
| count form | — | ма́лпы1 málpy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
- ма́лпачка (málpačka)
References
- “малпа” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Old Ruthenian
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ма́лпа
Alternative forms
- ма́лъпа (málpa)
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish małpa, from Old Polish maułpa, further borrowed from Middle High German mūlaffe. Cognate with German Maulaffe, Polish małpa, maułpa and dialectal Slovak nalpa. First attested in the 16th century.
Noun
ма́лпа • (málpa) f anim (related adjective малпий)
- ape, monkey
- Synonym: обезъꙗ́на (obezʹjána)
Descendants
- Belarusian: ма́лпа (málpa); ма́ўпа (máŭpa), на́ўпа (náŭpa) (dialectal)
- Rusyn: ма́лфа f (málfa)
- ⇒ Rusyn: малфу́н m (malfún, “male monkey”)
- ⇒ Rusyn: малфеня́ n (malfenjá, “baby monkey”)
- Ukrainian: ма́впа (mávpa), ма́лпа (málpa); ма́лфа (málfa), мо́лфа (mólfa), на́впа (návpa), на́лпа (nálpa), на́лфа (nálfa) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: мавпі́й m (mavpíj, “male monkey”)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: мавпеня́ n (mavpenjá, “baby monkey”)
Further reading
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “малпа”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 33
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “малпа”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 247
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “малпа”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст.: у 2-х кн. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.: in 2 bks.] (Пам'ятки української мови) (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – Н, Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 419