șopârlă

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Romanian

Etymology

Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (to joke, be goofy) and năpârcă (adder), possibly from or cognate to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Albanian (Tosk) shapinj (lizards) (standard zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

Pronunciation

Noun

șopârlă f (plural șopârle)

  1. lizard

Declension

See also