прилеп

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Bulgarian edit

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Прилепи

Прилепи (бозайник)

Цвете прилеп

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): [ˈprilɛp]
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Noun edit

при́леп • (prílep) m (diminutive при́лепче)

bat (flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
Synonyms: (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak), (dialectal) лепи́р (lepír), (colloquial) сля́по пи́ле (sljápo píle)
(regionally) sticky catchfly (Viscaria vulgaris)
Synonym: ле́пка (lépka)

Declension edit

Declension of при́леп

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

Hyponyms edit

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

Related terms edit

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

References edit

“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