năpârcă

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (adder, viper), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, buttercup)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

năpârcă f (plural năpârci)

  1. grass snake
  2. slowworm, blindworm
  3. (popular) viper
    Synonym: viperă

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