прилеп

See also: Прилеп

Bulgarian

Прилепи (бозайник)

Цвете прилеп

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prilěpъ, an agent noun from Bulgarian прилепя́ (prilepjá, “to stick up, to cling”). Named after their ability to roost by clinging to the ceiling of caves or on branches of trees.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprilɛp]

• Audio:

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Noun

при́леп • (prílep) m (diminutive при́лепче)

1. bat (flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak), (dialectal) лепи́р (lepír), (colloquial) сля́по пи́ле (sljápo píle)

2. (regionally) sticky catchfly (Viscaria vulgaris)

   Synonym: ле́пка (lépka)

Declension

Declension of при́леп

	singular	plural
indefinite	при́леп prílep	при́лепи prílepi
definite (subject form)	при́лепът prílepǎt	при́лепите prílepite
definite (object form)	при́лепа prílepa
count form	—	при́лепа prílepa
vocative form	при́лепе prílepe	при́лепи prílepi

Hyponyms

• насекомоя́ден при́леп (nasekomojáden prílep, “insectivorous bat (microbat), of suborder Microchiroptera”)
• плодоя́ден при́леп (plodojáden prílep, “fruit bat (megabat), of suborder Megachiroptera”)

Related terms

• приле́пнал (prilépnal, “stuck up, glued towards”)
• лепи́р (lepír, “bat, vampire”) (dialectal)

References

• “прилеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “прилеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “при́лѣпъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 277