трап

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Cognate with Macedonian трап (trap), Serbo-Croatian тра̏п, most likely from Proto-Slavic *torpъ (rather than *trapъ). Further cognate with Lithuanian tárpas (gap, interval).

Unrelated to English trap or Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza, table, tripod) (whence Bulgarian тра́пеза (trápeza, repast)трапе́ц (trapéc, trapezoid)).

Pronunciation

Noun

трап (trapm (diminutive тра́пче)

  1. pit, ditch
    Synonyms: ров (rov), ду́пка (dúpka)
  2. cavity, hole, sharp depression (geological formation)
    Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), кухина́ (kuhiná), вдлъбнатина́ (vdlǎbnatiná)

Declension

Derived terms

  • три́я (tríja, to rub, to scrape) (possibly)
  • трън (trǎn, thorn) (possibly)

References

  • трап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • трап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *torpъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

трап (trapm (plural трапови, diminutive трапче)

  1. hole
  2. furrow

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch trap (stairs; ladder).

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Noun

трап (trapm inan (genitive тра́па, nominative plural тра́пы, genitive plural тра́пов)

  1. gangway, ramp
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trap.

Noun

трап (trapm anim (genitive тра́па, nominative plural тра́пы, genitive plural тра́пов)

  1. (slang) Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female.