râpă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rapa"

Romanian

Alternative forms

• rîpă — old orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic *reipā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réyp-eh₂ (“steep slope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to tear, tear down”).

Noun

râpă f (plural râpe)

1. ravine, precipice
2. dingle

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	râpă	râpa	râpe	râpele
genitive-dative	râpe	râpei	râpe	râpelor
vocative	râpă, râpo		râpelor

Derived terms

• râpos

See also

• prăpastie
• genune