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See also: Прилеп
Bulgarian[edit]


Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *prilěpъ, an agent noun from Bulgarian прилепя́ (prilepjá, “to stick up, to cling”). Named after their ability to roost by clinging to the ceiling of caves or on branches of trees.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
при́леп • (prílep) m (diminutive при́лепче)
- bat (flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak), (dialectal) лепи́р (lepír), (colloquial) сля́по пи́ле (sljápo píle)
- (regionally) sticky catchfly (Viscaria vulgaris)
- Synonym: ле́пка (lépka)
Declension[edit]
Declension of при́леп
Hyponyms[edit]
- насекомоя́ден при́леп (nasekomojáden prílep, “insectivorous bat (microbat), of suborder Microchiroptera”)
- плодоя́ден при́леп (plodojáden prílep, “fruit bat (megabat), of suborder Megachiroptera”)
Related terms[edit]
- приле́пнал (prilépnal, “stuck up, glued towards”)
- лепи́р (lepír, “bat, vampire”) (dialectal)
References[edit]
- “прилеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “прилеп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1901), “при́лѣпъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 277