хлъпка
Bulgarian
Хлъпка на око (краен стадий)
Alternative forms
- ло̀пка (lòpka) (Western, Central Rupian dialects)
- лъ̀пка (lǎ̀pka)[1] (Northern Rupian dialects)
- хо̀лпка (hòlpka)[2] (Southern Rupian dialects)
Etymology
Attested witin Rupian dialects. Cognate with dial. Macedonian лопка (lopka, “snowball”).
Probably akin to Russian хлопок (xlopok, “cotton”), Czech chlup (“hair”), Slovak chlp (“loop, lock of hair”), dial. Polish chłupy pl (“hair”), from Proto-Slavic *xlъpъ/*xъlpъ.
Noun
хлъпка • (hlǎpka) f
- (dialectal, diminutive) knobble of fleece, wool, cotton
- (dialectal) large snowflake, small lump of snow
- (dialectal, medicine) cataract (clouding of the lens in the eye)
- Synonym: перде (perde)
Inflection
Inflection of хлъпка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | хлъпка | хлъпки |
| definite | хлъпката | хлъпките |
| vocative form | хлъпко | хлъпки |
Derived terms
- хлъ̀пкав (hlǎ̀pkav, “formed into knobble”)
References
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “лoпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 474
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “лъпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 557
Notes:
- L. Dimitrova-Todorova (1983), “Произход на диалектната дума 'лъпка'”, in Български език, volume 32, pages 147-148
- L. Selimksy (1996), “Значението на родопските говори за възстановяването на праславянския речник”, in Rocznik Slawistyczny, pages 31-44