карпа

Of Thracian or Dacian origin (see the etymology of Carpathian mountains). Cognate with Macedonian карпа (karpa). Alternatively, from Albanian karpë.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpɐ]

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ка́рпа • (kárpa) f

1. (dialectal) crag, rock

   Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), кана́ра (kanára)

• Карпа́ти (Karpáti, “Carpathian mountains”) (toponym)

• “карпа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “карпа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 252

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpa]
• Hyphenation: кар‧па

карпа • (karpa) f (plural карпи, augmentative карпиште)

1. rock (entire formation)
2. (figurative) sturdy, strong man

• карпест (karpest)
• Карпести Планини pl (Karpesti Planini)

• камен m (kamen)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpə]

ка́рпа • (kárpa) m anim or m inan

1. inflection of карп (karp):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular