șopârlă

See also: soparla and Șopârlă

Romanian

Etymology

Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (“to joke, be goofy”) and năpârcă (“adder”), possibly from or cognate to Tosk Albanian shapinj (“lizards”) (standard Albanian zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃoˈpɨr.lə/

Noun

șopârlă f (plural șopârle)

  1. lizard

Declension
Declension of șopârlă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) șopârlă șopârla (niște) șopârle șopârlele
genitive/dative (unei) șopârle șopârlei (unor) șopârle șopârlelor
vocative șopârlă, șopârlo șopârlelor

See also
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