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рапан

/[rɐˈpan]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa, invasive species encountered in Black Sea after 1940's)
  2. 2.
    dialectalwhelk, sea snail (marine gastropod of family Muricidae)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • мо́рски о́хлюв
Related words (2)
  • ра́пица
  • ре́пица

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рапа́на (rapána), ultimately a derivative of Latin rāpum (“turnip”) due to the similarity of the creature to a turnip tuber.

Forms

  • рапа́нcanonical • masculine
  • rapánromanization
  • рапа́нчеdiminutive
  • рапа́нindefinite • singular
  • рапа́ниindefinite • plural
  • рапа́нътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • рапа́нитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • рапа́наdefinite • objective • singular
  • рапа́нитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • рапа́наcount-form • plural
Vocative
Singular
рапа́не
Plural
рапа́ни

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