pleoapă

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Romanian

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Etymology

Cf. Bulgarian похлупка (pohlupka). Alternatively derived from the earlier forms pleopă and plopă (now regional variants), from a Vulgar Latin *pluppa, metathesis of *pupla, from a contraction of Latin pūpula (pupil). Compare the transition from Latin populus to Romanian plop (which also has a variant form pleop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈple̯o̯a.pə/, /pleˈo̯a.pə/

Noun

pleoapă f (plural pleoape)

  1. eyelid

Declension

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