репей

Bulgarian

Репей

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěpьjь. Equivalent to реп (rep, “bur”) (dialectal) +‎ -ей (-ej). Dialectally also known as Bulgarian ре́пел (répel), рьо́пель (rjópelʹ), ре́пен (répen) (possibly from Proto-Slavic *rěpьlь, *rěpělь).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛpɛj]

Noun

ре́пей • (répej) m

1. greater burdock (Arctium lappa)

   Synonym: боди́л (bodíl)

Declension

Declension of ре́пей

	singular	plural
indefinite	ре́пей répej	ре́пеи répei
definite (subject form)	ре́пеят répejat	ре́пеите répeite
definite (object form)	ре́пея répeja
count form	—	ре́пея répeja

Alternative forms

• ре́пий (répij), ря́пий (rjápij) – dialectal, outdated

Related terms

• реп (rep, “bur”)
• ре́пица (répica), ра́пица (rápica, “rapeseed”)
• ря́па (rjápa, “turnip”) (possibly)

References

• репей in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• репей in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “ре́пей¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 225

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěpьjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈpʲej]

Noun

репе́й • (repéj) m inan (genitive репья́, nominative plural репьи́, genitive plural репьёв)

1. bur

Declension

Declension of репе́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	репе́й repéj	репьи́ repʹí
genitive	репья́ repʹjá	репьёв repʹjóv
dative	репью́ repʹjú	репья́м repʹjám
accusative	репе́й repéj	репьи́ repʹí
instrumental	репьём repʹjóm	репья́ми repʹjámi
prepositional	репье́ repʹjé	репья́х repʹjáx

Derived terms

• репе́йник (repéjnik)
• репе́йный (repéjnyj)