карпа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of Thracian or Dacian origin (see the etymology of Carpathian mountains). Cognate with Macedonian карпа (karpa). Alternatively, from Albanian karpë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpɐ]

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Noun

ка́рпа • (kárpa) f

1. (dialectal) crag, rock

   Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), кана́ра (kanára)

Declension

Declension of канара́

	singular	plural
indefinite	канара́ kanará	канари́ kanarí
definite	канара́та kanaráta	канари́те kanaríte

Related terms

• Карпа́ти (Karpáti, “Carpathian mountains”) (toponym)

References

• “карпа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “карпа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 252

Macedonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpa]
• Hyphenation: кар‧па

Noun

карпа • (karpa) f (plural карпи, augmentative карпиште)

1. rock (entire formation)
2. (figurative) sturdy, strong man

Declension

Declension of карпа

	singular	plural
indefinite	карпа	карпи
definite unspecified	карпата	карпите
definite proximal	карпава	карпиве
definite distal	карпана	карпине
vocative	карпо	карпи

Derived terms

• карпест (karpest)
• Карпести Планини pl (Karpesti Planini)

See also

• камен m (kamen)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarpə]

Noun

ка́рпа • (kárpa) m anim or m inan

1. inflection of карп (karp):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular