rapa

Probably from rappa, a Southern Italian dialect form of grappa (“bunch of grapes”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

rapa f (plural rapes)

1. a bunchstem with the grapes removed
2. the inflorescence of an olive tree
3. leather of inferior quality
4. a name given to various Arum species

• rapa blava
• rapa de frare
• rapa mosquera
• rapejar

• “rapa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

From Old Norse hrapa, from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną, *hrappa- (“fast”), from Proto-Indo-European *krb(ʰ)- (“quickly”).

rapa (third person singular past indicative rapaði, third person plural past indicative rapaðu, supine rapað)

1. (intransitive) to fall

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧pa

From Proto-Finnic *rapa (“crumbly stone, crumbly substance”). Cognates include Estonian raba, Karelian rapa, Livonian ra­bā and Votic rapa.

rapa

1. dirt, mud

• “1. rapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Proto-Finnic *rapa (“dregs”), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaz. Cognates include Estonian raba, Karelian rapa, Livonian rabād, Veps raba and Votic rapa.

rapa

1. dregs, draff (settled sediment of alcoholic fermented drinks, such as beer)

   Synonyms: mäski, sakka

• “2. rapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• arpa, para

Back-formation from rapar.

• IPA^(key):

rapa f (plural rapas)

1. strickle, levelling rod

   Synonym: rebola

   Da rapa á rebola veña o Demo e escolla (proverb)

   small choice in rotten apples

   (literally, “In between the strickle and the screed, let the demon choose”)

2. shear (the act of shearing)
3. spatula, scraper

   Synonym: espadela

4. tool for detaching mussels and barnacles from the rocks

• rapa das bestas

• rapar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Finnic *rapa. Cognates include Finnish rapa and Estonian raba.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa

rapa

1. dregs (settled sediment of beer or similar alcoholic beverages)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 460

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: rà‧pa

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

rapa

Wikipedia ^it

From Latin rāpa, neuter plural of rāpum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Compare French rave, Venetan rava.

rapa f (plural rape)

1. turnip

   Carote e rape sono radici commestibili.

   Carrots and turnips are edible roots.

• cima di rapa (“turnip greens”)
• sedano rapa (“celeriac”)

• rapaio
• rapaiola
• rapanello
• rapare

rapa

1. inflection of rapare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• apar, apra, arpa, para, para-, parà

rāpa f (genitive rāpae); first declension

1. alternative form of rāpum

First-declension noun.

rāpa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rāpum

• “rapa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "rapa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rapa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• rapet
• rapte (simple past)
• rapt (past participle)

rapa

1. inflection of rape:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

rāpa

1. genitive plural of rāp

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rapa

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.pa/

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ra‧pa
• Homophone: Rapa

Perhaps borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rap.

rapa f

1. asp (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)

   Synonyms: boleń, boleń pospolity, chwat, rap

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rapa m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of rap

• rapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -apɐ

rapa m or f by sense (plural rapas)

1. (slang, São Paulo) a figure of authority who confiscates merchandise from street vendors

• camelô

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

rapa

1. lightning

From Latin rāpa, neuter plural of rāpum. Compare Italian rapa.

• IPA^(key): /rˈra.pa/
• Hyphenation: rà‧pa

rapa f (plural rapi)

1. turnip

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “rapa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3350–3351

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

rapa

Wikipedia ^sw

Borrowed from English rapper.

rapa class V (plural marapa class VI)

1. rapper

Imitative. Cognate with Icelandic ropa.

rapa (present rapar, preterite rapade, supine rapat, imperative rapa)

1. to burp, to belch

• rap

• rapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• apar, para

From Proto-Finnic *rapa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa

rapa

1. (usually in the plural) dregs

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “rapa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat , 2nd edition, Tallinn