skarpa

See also: skarpą, škarpa, Škarpa, and skärpa

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈskar.pa/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈskar.pa]

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• Rhymes: -arpa
• Syllabification: skar‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian scarpa, from Gothic skarpo, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.

Noun

skarpa f

1. escarpment (in fortifications)
2. buttress
3. (geotechnics) scarp (steep wall of soil, formed naturally or artificially)
4. (Kielce) cliff; jagged shore

   Synonym: skarpiel

Declension

Declension of skarpa

	singular	plural
nominative	skarpa	skarpy
genitive	skarpy	skarp
dative	skarpie	skarpom
accusative	skarpę	skarpy
instrumental	skarpą	skarpami
locative	skarpie	skarpach
vocative	skarpo	skarpy

Derived terms

adjective

• skarpowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skarpa m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of skarp

Further reading

• “skarpa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “skarpa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895), “skarpy”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 95

Swedish

Adjective

skarpa

1. inflection of skarp:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• Kaspar, skapar, skrapa, sparka