năpârcă

See also: Năpârcă

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nəˈpɨrkə/

Noun

năpârcă f (plural năpârci)

  1. grass snake
  2. slowworm, blindworm
  3. (popular) viper
    Synonym: viperă

Declension
Declension of năpârcă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) năpârcă năpârca (niște) năpârci năpârcile
genitive/dative (unei) năpârci năpârcii (unor) năpârci năpârcilor
vocative năpârcă, năpârco năpârcilor
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