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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čepъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
чеп • (čep) m (diminutive че́пче)
- node, snag, knob (of surface or plant)
- Synonyms: чвор (čvor), (dialectal) глуж (gluž)
- (by extension) wooden tap, spile, cap (plug of cask, barrel)
- Synonyms: запуша́лка (zapušálka), та́па (tápa), (dialectal) гре́здей (grézdej)
Declension
Related terms
- че́пя (čépja, “to trim, to shatter, to crack”) (dialectal)
- че́пка (čépka, “cluster, bunch, knot (typically of grapes)”)
- → чо́пка (čópka) (dialectal), чо́вка (čóvka, “bird's neb, beak”)
References
- “чеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “чеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čepъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
чеп • (čep) m (plural чепови, diminutive чепче)
- stopper, plug
- Synonym: затка (zatka)
Declension
References
- “чеп” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čepъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
че̏п m (Latin spelling čȅp)
- cork, stopper, cap
Declension
Further reading
- “чеп” in Hrvatski jezični portal