năpârcă

See also: Năpârcă

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈpɨrkə/

Noun

năpârcă f (plural năpârci)

1. grass snake
2. slowworm, blindworm
3. (popular) viper

   Synonym: viperă

Declension

Declension of năpârcă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) năpârcă	năpârca	(niște) năpârci	năpârcile
genitive/dative	(unei) năpârci	năpârcii	(unor) năpârci	năpârcilor
vocative	năpârcă, năpârco		năpârcilor