serp

See also: sèrp, SERP, and серп

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/

• Audio:

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Noun

serp (plural serpe)

1. scarf

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈserp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾp]

• Audio (Valencian):

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Noun

serp f (plural serps)

1. snake

Synonyms

• serpent

Derived terms

• serpeta

References

• “serp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “serp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Lower Sorbian

serp

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian serp, Polish sierp, Czech srp, Serbo-Croatian sȓp, Russian серп (serp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/

Noun

serp m ? (diminutive serpik)

1. sickle (“agricultural implement”)

Declension

Declension of serp

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	serp	serpa	serpy
Genitive	serpa	serpowu	serpow
Dative	serpoju	serpoma	serpam
Accusative	serp	serpa	serpy
Instrumental	serpom	serpoma	serpami
Locative	serpje	serpoma	serpach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “serp”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “serp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Maltese

Etymology

From Sicilian serpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/
• Rhymes: -ɛrp

Noun

serp m (plural sriep, feminine serpa, diminutive srejjep)

1. snake

   Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b’idejha b’gidma ta’ serp velenuż.

   Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.

Related terms

• serpa
• serpent
• serpentin
• serpentun

 

See also

• lifgħa

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) siarp
• (Sutsilvan) zearp
• (Surmiran) zerp

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.

Noun

serp f (plural serps)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake

Synonyms

• (Surmiran) serpent
• (Vallader) serpaint

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

Noun

serp m

1. sickle (agricultural implement)