năpârcă
See also: Năpârcă
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
năpârcă f (plural năpârci)
- grass snake
- slowworm, blindworm
- (popular) viper
- Synonym: viperă
Declension edit
Declension of năpârcă
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) năpârcă | năpârca | (niște) năpârci | năpârcile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) năpârci | năpârcii | (unor) năpârci | năpârcilor |
| vocative | năpârcă, năpârco | năpârcilor | ||