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лапа

/[ˈɫapɐ] | [ɫɐˈpa] | [ɫɐˈpa] | [ˈɫapɐ] | [ˈɫapɐ] | [ɫɐˈpa] | [ɫɐˈpa]/
Bulgariannounverb

Grammatical form

лапа is the third-person singular present indicative form of ла́пам — “to gulp, to gobble, to swallow.

See the full entry for ла́пам

Definitions

  1. 1.
    paw (lower end of animal's limbs)
    • попа́дам в ла́пите

      popádam v lápiteto fall under control

    • изтръ́гвам ня́кого от ла́пите

      iztrǎ́gvam njákogo ot lápiteto emancipate someone from [someone else's] control/hold

  2. 2.
    colloquialrough, big human's hand
  3. 3.
    dateddialectalold-fashioned cataplasm (usually made of flour or barn mixed with water)
  4. 4.
    obsoletesleet, slush (mixture of rain, snow, and/or hail)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • ла́пица
  • ла́пест
  • ла́пав
  • лапа́вина
  • лапа́вица
Synonyms
  • лече́бна ка́ша
  • ки́ша
  • сугра́шица
  • мо́кър сняг
Related words (1)
  • лапа́вец

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lapa, possibly borrowed from Russian (omitted in Gerov's dictionary).

Forms

  • ла́паcanonical • feminine
  • láparomanization
  • ла́пичкаdiminutive
  • ла́паindefinite • singular
  • ла́пиindefinite • plural
  • ла́патаdefinite • singular
  • ла́питеdefinite • plural
  • лапа́canonical • feminine
  • lapáromanization
  • лапа́indefinite • singular
  • лапи́indefinite • plural
  • лапа́таdefinite • singular
  • лапи́теdefinite • plural

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