пипер

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• пепе́р (pepér), пупе́р (pupér) (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πιπέρι (pipéri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈpɛr]

Noun

пипе́р • (pipér) m

1. (singular only) pepper (a vegetable plant with a hollow fleshy fruit)

   Полях лехата с пипе́ра

   Poljah lehata s pipéra

   I watered the beds with the pepper

2. paprika (a reddish-colored food seasoning obtained by grinding dried red peppers)
3. black pepper (a spice — the dried fruit of a tropical plant)

Declension

Declension of пипе́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	пипе́р pipér	пипе́ри pipéri
definite (subject form)	пипе́рът pipérǎt	пипе́рите pipérite
definite (object form)	пипе́ра pipéra
count form	—	пипе́ра pipéra

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɛr]

Noun

пипер • (piper) m (diminutive пиперца)

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

Declension of пипер

	singular
indefinite	пипер
definite unspecified	пиперот
definite proximal	пиперов
definite distal	пиперон
vocative	пиперу