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Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Slavic *lěpyrь; equivalent to лепя́ (lepjá, “to stick up”) + -ир (-ir). Compare also Serbo-Croatian ле̏птӣр (“butterfly”) (usually thought to be of Greek origin).
Pronunciation
Noun
лепи́р • (lepír) m
- (obsolete) cave bat
- Synonyms: при́леп (prílep), (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak)
- (dialectal, in Central Bulgaria) vampire
- Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), (dialectal) (в)упир ((v)upir)
Inflection
- ле́пка (lépka, “sticky-stick; barnacle (crustecian); cleaver (weed)”)
- ле́павец m (lépavec), ле́павица f (lépavica, “foxtail grass”)
- лепи́ло (lepílo, “glue”)
References
- “лепир”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 364
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лемпи́ръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9