Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

лопа́та (lopáta, shovel) +‎ -ар (-ar)

Noun edit

лопата́р (lopatárm

  1. shoveller (worker who uses or manages shovels)
  2. (dated, figurative) rower
Declension edit

References edit

  • лопатар¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Etymology 2 edit

 
Самец елен-лопатар

From лопа́т (lopát, spatulate) (obsolete) +‎ -ар (-ar) in reference to the shape of the horns of the male fallow deer.

Noun edit

лопата́р (lopatárm

  1. Alternative form of елен-лопатар (elen-lopatar, fallow deer)
Declension edit

References edit

  • лопатар²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лопатар¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 3 edit

 
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Лопатар (ибис)
 
Патица-лопатар

Identical with Etymology 2 in reference to the shape of the beak of the bird.

Noun edit

лопата́р (lopatárm (feminine лопата́рка)

  1. male spoonbill (wading bird of genus Platalea)
    Synonym: (dialectal) лъжича́рка (lǎžičárka)
  2. (dialectal) male shovelard, shoveller (antanid bird of genus Spatula)
    Synonym: клопа́ч (klopáč)
Declension edit
Hyponyms edit

References edit

  • лопатар³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лопатар⁴”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лопатар²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From ло̀пата.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lǒpataːr/
  • Hyphenation: ло‧па‧тар

Noun edit

ло̀пата̄р m (Latin spelling lòpatār)

  1. fallow deer

Declension edit

References edit