репей

Bulgarian

Репей

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěpьjь. Equivalent to реп (rep, “bur”) (dialectal) +‎ -ей (-ej). Dialectally also known as Bulgarian ре́пел (répel), рьо́пель (rjópelʹ), ре́пен (répen) (possibly from Proto-Slavic *rěpьlь, *rěpělь).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛpɛj]

Noun

ре́пей • (répej) m

1. greater burdock (Arctium lappa)

   Synonym: боди́л (bodíl)

Declension

Declension of ре́пей

	singular	plural
indefinite	ре́пей répej	ре́пеи répei
definite (subject form)	ре́пеят répejat	ре́пеите répeite
definite (object form)	ре́пея répeja
count form	—	ре́пея répeja

Alternative forms

• ре́пий (répij), ря́пий (rjápij) — dialectal, outdated

Related terms

• реп (rep, “bur”)
• ре́пица (répica), ра́пица (rápica, “rapeseed”)
• ря́па (rjápa, “turnip”) (possibly)

References

• “репей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “репей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “рѣ́пѣй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 99
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ре́пей¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 225
• “рѣпии”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěpьjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈpʲej]

Noun

репе́й • (repéj) m inan (genitive репья́, nominative plural репьи́, genitive plural репьёв)

1. burdock

   Synonym: лопу́х (lopúx)

2. bur

Declension

Declension of репе́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	репе́й repéj	репьи́ repʹí
genitive	репья́ repʹjá	репьёв repʹjóv
dative	репью́ repʹjú	репья́м repʹjám
accusative	репе́й repéj	репьи́ repʹí
instrumental	репьём repʹjóm	репья́ми repʹjámi
prepositional	репье́ repʹjé	репья́х repʹjáx

Derived terms

• репе́йник (repéjnik)
• репе́йный (repéjnyj)