karpa

See also: kárpa, kārpa, kārpā, kǟrpa, and karpą

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German karpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa, carp).

Noun

karpa f (genitive singular karpu, plural karpur)

  1. carp

Declension

Declension of karpa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karpa karpan karpur karpurnar
accusative karpu karpuna karpur karpurnar
dative karpu karpuni karpum karpunum
genitive karpu karpunnar karpa karpanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰar̥pa/
  • Rhymes: -ar̥pa

Verb

karpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative karpaði, supine karpað)

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, to wrangle

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • karp (quarreling, wrangling)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Middle Low German karpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa, carp). Cognate with Upper Sorbian karp, Polish karp, and Czech kapr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarpa/

Noun

karpa f animal

  1. carp (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “karpa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “karpa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maltese

Noun

karpa

  1. carp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

karpa f

  1. definite singular of karpe

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrpa, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.pa/
  • Rhymes: -arpa
  • Syllabification: kar‧pa

Noun

karpa f

  1. (forestry) a tree stump and its root system
    Hypernym: karcz
  2. (botany) the underground part of some perennials

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • karpa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • karpa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian karpë.[1]

Noun

karpa f (Cyrillic spelling карпа)

  1. (dialectal) hill

References

  1. Omari, Anila. 2012. Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, Botimet Albanologjike, 437f, Tiranë, 2012.
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