трап

Cognate with Macedonian трап (trap), Serbo-Croatian тра̏п, most likely from Proto-Slavic *torpъ (rather than *trapъ). Further cognate with Lithuanian tárpas (“gap, interval”).

Unrelated to English trap or Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza, “table, tripod”) (whence Bulgarian тра́пеза (trápeza, “repast”) → трапе́ц (trapéc, “trapezoid”)).

• IPA^(key): [trap]

трап • (trap) m (diminutive тра́пче)

1. pit, ditch

   Synonyms: ров (rov), ду́пка (dúpka)

2. cavity, hole, sharp depression (geological formation)

   Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), кухина́ (kuhiná), вдлъбнатина́ (vdlǎbnatiná)

• тра́пец (trápec) (dialectal)
  • трапчина́ (trapčiná), трапчи́нка (trapčínka, “cavity, bump”)

• три́я (tríja, “to rub, to scrape”) (possibly)
• трън (trǎn, “thorn”) (possibly)

• “трап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “трап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *torpъ.

• IPA^(key): [trap]

трап • (trap) m (plural трапови, diminutive трапче)

1. hole
2. furrow

Borrowed from Dutch trap (“stairs; ladder”).

• IPA^(key): [trap]

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трап • (trap) m inan (genitive тра́па, nominative plural тра́пы, genitive plural тра́пов)

1. gangway, ramp

Borrowed from English trap.

трап • (trap) m anim (genitive тра́па, nominative plural тра́пы, genitive plural тра́пов)

1. (slang) Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female.