piepor

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”) via Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi̯ɛpɔr/

Noun

piepor m inan (genitive singular piepru, declension pattern of dub)

1. (dialectal) pepper (Piper gen. plant or spice)

   Synonym: čierne korenie

Declension

Declension of piepor

	singulare tantum
nominative	piepor
genitive	piepru
dative	piepru
accusative	piepor
locative	piepri
instrumental	pieprom

Derived terms

• pieprovník (“pepper plant”)

Further reading

• “piepor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024