хлъпка

Bulgarian

Хлъпка на око (краен стадий)

Alternative forms

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

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

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