хлъпка
Bulgarian
editAlternative forms
edit- ло́пка (lópka) — Western, Central Rupian dialects
- лъ́пка (lǎ́pka) — Northern Rupian dialects[1]
- хо́лпка (hólpka) — Southern Rupian dialects[2]
Etymology
editAttested witin Rupian dialects. Cognate with dialectal Macedonian лопка (lopka, “snowball”).
Probably akin to Russian хло́пок (xlópok, “cotton”), Czech chlup (“hair”), Slovak chlp (“loop, lock of hair”), dialectal Polish chłupy pl (“hair”), from Proto-Slavic *xlъpъ/*xъlpъ.
Noun
editхлъ́пка • (hlǎ́pka) f
- (dialectal, diminutive) knobble of fleece, wool, cotton
- (dialectal) large snowflake, small lump of snow
- (dialectal, medicine) cataract (clouding of the lens in the eye)
- Synonym: перде (perde)
Declension
editDeclension of хлъ́пка
Derived terms
edit- хлъ́пкав (hlǎ́pkav, “formed into knobble”)
References
edit- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лoпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 474
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лъпка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 557
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