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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
Noun
скра́пей • (skrápej) m
- (obsolete) scorpion
- Synonym: скорпио́н (skorpión)
- (dialectal) creepy creature, bug
- Synonym: гади́на (gadína)
- (dialectal, by specification) centipede
- Synonym: стоно́жка (stonóžka)
Declension
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] (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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 790