хлъпка

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • ло́пка (lópka) — Western, Central Rupian dialects
  • лъ́пка (lǎ́pka) — Northern Rupian dialects[1]
  • хо́лпка (hólpka) — Southern Rupian dialects[2]

Etymology

Attested witin Rupian dialects. Cognate with dialectal Macedonian лопка (lopka, “snowball”).

Probably akin to Russian хло́пок (xlópok, “cotton”), Czech chlup (“hair”), Slovak chlp (“loop, lock of hair”), dialectal Polish chłupy pl (“hair”), from Proto-Slavic *xlъpъ/*xъlpъ.

Noun

хлъ́пка • (hlǎ́pka) f

  1. (dialectal, diminutive) knobble of fleece, wool, cotton
  2. (dialectal) large snowflake, small lump of snow
  3. (dialectal, medicine) cataract (clouding of the lens in the eye)
    Synonym: перде (perde)

Declension

Declension of хлъ́пка
singular plural
indefinite хлъ́пка
hlǎ́pka 		хлъ́пки
hlǎ́pki
definite хлъ́пката
hlǎ́pkata 		хлъ́пките
hlǎ́pkite

Derived terms

  • хлъ́пкав (hlǎ́pkav, “formed into knobble”)

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лoпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 474
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лъпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 557

Notes:

  1. ^ L. Dimitrova-Todorova (1983) “Произход на диалектната дума 'лъпка'”, in Български език, volume 32, pages 147-148
  2. ^ L. Selimksy (1996) “Значението на родопските говори за възстановяването на праславянския речник”, in Rocznik Slawistyczny, pages 31-44
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