капка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka. By surface analysis, ка́пя (kápja, “to drip”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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ка́пка • (kápka) f (diminutive ка́пчица)

1. a drop of liquid

   Дъждовните ка́пки барабаняха по прозореца.

   Dǎždovnite kápki barabanjaha po prozoreca.

   Raindrops were drumming against the window.

2. (colloquial) a mark or stain left by such a drop on some surface

   По покривката има мазни ка́пки.

   Po pokrivkata ima mazni kápki.

   There are oil spots on the tablecloth.

3. (figurative) a small amount of liquid

   Налей ми и на мене две ка́пки вино.

   Nalej mi i na mene dve kápki vino.

   Pour me a little bit of (lit. two drops of) wine as well.

4. (uncountable, figurative) (with abstract nouns) a minimal amount of something, e.g. pity, mercy, shame

   Тези деца не проявяват и ка́пка уважение към възрастните.

   Tezi deca ne projavjavat i kápka uvaženie kǎm vǎzrastnite.

   These kids don't show their elders an ounce of respect.

5. (chiefly in the plural, pharmacology) medicine administered as drops

   За инфекцията ще ви предпиша ка́пки за уши.

   Za infekcijata šte vi predpiša kápki za uši.

   I'm going to prescribe ear drops for your infection.

• “капка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “капка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• капак (kapak)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka. Cognate with Russian ка́пка (kápka) and Ukrainian ка́пка (kápka).

ка́пка • (kápka) f

1. drop (small mass of liquid)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka.

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капка • (kapka) f

1. droplet, drop

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kap- (“to close”). Cognate with Bashkir ҡапҡа (qapqa) and Chuvash хапха (hapha).

капка • (qapka)

1. gate

• M. M. Osmanov (1966) Татарско-русский словарь , Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия, page 363

Probably from Proto-Turkic *kap- (“to snatch, take; to bite”). Cognate with Old Turkic (kap-, “to close, contact, catch”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”); the similarity may reflect an onomatopoeic origin of both stems. Compare Turkish kapan (“trap, snare”), Russian капка́н (kapkán) (borrowed from Turkic), Crimean Tatar qapqan, and Georgian ხაფანგი (xapangi, “trap”).

капка • (kapka)

1. trap (device designed to catch animals)

• капкага кактырар (kapkaga kaktırar) v. trap, fall into a trap

• "капка" 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org.

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kap- (“to close”). Compare Tatar капка (qapka), Bashkir ҡапҡа (qapqa) and Chuvash хапха (hapha).

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• Hyphenation: кап‧ка

капка • (kapka)

1. gate, small door in a fence

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “капка”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам , Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 279
• T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 31
• Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 90