скрапей

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic скрапии m (skrapii), скрапиꙗ f (skrapija) (reflecting Proto-Slavic *skorpьjь, *skorpьja), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos), interpreted as a derivative with the suffix -ей (-ej). Cognate with Old East Slavic скоропии (skoropii), Serbo-Croatian скрап (“lappet”). Also loaned into Albanian skrapth (“poisonous bug”) (diminutive).

From the same origin (but borrowed in a more recent time) is the standard term Bulgarian скорпио́н (skorpión).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskrapɛj]

Noun

скра́пей • (skrápej) m

1. (obsolete) scorpion

   Synonym: скорпио́н (skorpión)

2. (dialectal) creepy creature, bug

   Synonym: гади́на (gadína)

3. (dialectal, by specification) centipede

   Synonym: стоно́жка (stonóžka)

Declension

Declension of скра́пей

	singular	plural
indefinite	скра́пей skrápej	скра́пеи skrápei
definite (subject form)	скра́пеят skrápejat	скра́пеите skrápeite
definite (object form)	скра́пея skrápeja
count form	—	скра́пея skrápeja
vocative form	скра́пею skrápeju	скра́пеи skrápei

Alternative forms

• скра́пия f (skrápija), скра́пля f (skráplja) — dialectal
• чкра́пия f (čkrápija), шкра́пля f (škráplja) — expressive
• шкра́пня f (škrápnja)

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “скра́плꙗ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 176
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скрапия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 790