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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
лептир • (leptir) m
- (dialectal) butterfly
- Synonyms: пеперуга (peperuga), пеперутка (peperutka)
Declension
Further reading
- “лептир” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Probably from Proto-Slavic *lěpyrь; equivalent to лепя́ (“to stick up”) + -ир. Compare also Serbo-Croatian ле̏птӣр (“butterfly”) (usually thought to be of Greek origin).
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”);
compare dialectal Bulgarian лепир (lepir, “vampire”), dialectal Russian лепень (lepenʹ, “butterfly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lêptiːr/
- Hyphenation: леп‧тир
Noun
ле̏птӣр m (Latin spelling lȅptīr)
- lepidopteran; butterfly or moth (but prototypically a butterfly)
- butterfly (swimming style)
- bowtie
- butterfly door (of a car)
- (figuratively) a fickle, flighty person
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