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Romanian
Etymology
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
Noun
năpârcă f (plural năpârci)
- grass snake
- slowworm, blindworm
- (popular) viper
- Synonym: viperă
Declension