kap
//ˈkap/ | /ˈkap//
Polishnounverb
Grammatical form
kap is the second-person singular imperative form of kapać — “to drip, to trickle (to fall in the form of a drop)”.
Cross-reference
→ see kapa
kap is an alternative form of kapa.
Definitions of kapa noun · /ˈka.pa/ | /ˈka.pa/
Full entry for kapa →- 1.cover (top sheet of a bed)
- 2.cope, mantle, mantum (long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass)
- 3.companionway
- 4.horse blanket, rug (blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse)
- 5.cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)
- 6.piece of leather used in flails to tie the sledge with the beater
- 7.lookout (session of watching for an approaching enemy)(slang)
- 8.flop, turkey (failure)(colloquial)
Etymology of kapa
Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Spanish capa.
Etymology
See kapa.