скрапей
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic скрапии m (skrapii), скрапиꙗ f (skrapija) (reflecting Proto-Slavic *skorpьjь, *skorpьja), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos), interpreted as a derivative with the suffix -ей (-ej). Cognate with Old East Slavic скоропии (skoropii), Serbo-Croatian скрап (“lappet”). Also loaned into Albanian skrapth (“poisonous bug”) (diminutive)
From the same origin (but borrowed in a more recent time) is the standard term Bulgarian скорпио́н (skorpión).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈskrapɛj]
Noun
скра́пей • (skrápej) m
- (obsolete) scorpion
- Synonym: скорпио́н (skorpión)
- (dialectal) creepy creature, bug
- Synonym: гади́на (gadína)
- (dialectal, by specification) centipede
- Synonym: стоно́жка (stonóžka)
Alternative forms
- скра́пия f (skrápija), скра́пля f (skráplja) (dialectal)
- чкра́пия f (čkrápija), шкра́пля f (škráplja) (expressive)
- шкра́пня f (škrápnja)
Declension
Declension of скра́пей
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | скра́пей skrápej | скра́пеи skrápei |
| definite (subject form) | скра́пеят skrápejat | скра́пеите skrápeite |
| definite (object form) | скра́пея skrápeja | |
| count form | — | скра́пея skrápeja |
| vocative form | скра́пею skrápeju | скра́пеи skrápei |
References
- Gerov, Najden (1895), “скра́плꙗ”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 176
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (2002), “скрапия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 790