малпа

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Belarusian

сядзячая малпа

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ма́лпа (málpa).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɫpa
  • Hyphenation: мал‧па

Noun

ма́лпа (málpaf animal (genitive ма́лпы, nominative plural ма́лпы, genitive plural ма́лпаў, diminutive ма́лпачка)

  1. ape, monkey
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) an ugly person

Declension

References

  • малпа”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • малпа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old Ruthenian

ма́лпа

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish małpa, from Old Polish maułpa, further borrowed from Middle High German mūlaffe. Cognate with German Maulaffe, Polish małpa, maułpa and dialectal Slovak nalpa. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

малпа (malpaf animal (related adjective малпий)

  1. ape, monkey
    Synonym: обезъꙗ́на (obezʺjána)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “малпа”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 33
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “малпа”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 247
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “малпа”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 419