rapinya
Catalan
Etymology 1
From archaic rapina, from Latin rapīna. The change of n to ny is due to influence from the verb rapinyar.
Pronunciation
Noun
rapinya f (plural rapinyes)
- rapine (robbery with violence)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rapinya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “rapinya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “rapinya”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Etymology 2
Verb
rapinya
- inflection of rapinyar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative