кап

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kap]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kapъ (“drop”).

Noun

кап • (kap) m

1. sound of dripping
2. (dated, colloquial) apoplexy (internal bleeding)

   Synonym: апоплексия (apopleksija)

Declension

Declension of кап

	singular	plural
indefinite	кап kap	ка́пове kápove
definite (subject form)	ка́път kápǎt	ка́повете kápovete
definite (object form)	ка́па kápa
count form	—	ка́па kápa

Derived terms

• кап-кап (kap-kap) (interjection)
• ка́пя (kápja, “to drip”)
• ка́пля (káplja)(obscolescent), ка́пка (kápka, “droplet”)
• капчу́к (kapčúk), ка́пош (kápoš, “eavesdrip”)

References

• “кап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кап¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 212

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic капь (kapĭ, “figure, image”), of disputed origin:

• Predominantly considered аn Oghur borrowing, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form”).
• Meillet, Iljinsky: Possibly akin to Bulgarian копа́я (kopája, “to dig”), скопя́ (skopjá, “to castrate, to geld”), чеп (čep, “knub, tap”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-).

Noun

кап • (kap) f

1. (archaic) figure, profile, shape

   Synonyms: фи́гура (fígura), о́браз (óbraz)

2. (by extension) sample, standard

   Synonyms: стани́ш (staníš), етало́н (etalón)

3. (paganism) idol

   Synonyms: ку́мир (kúmir), и́дол (ídol)

Declension

Declension of кап

	singular	plural
indefinite	кап kap	ка́пи kápi
definite	капта́ kaptá	ка́пите kápite

Derived terms

• капище (kapište, “shrine”)

References

• “капь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kap]

Interjection

кап • (kap)

1. dripping onomatopeia

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kap]

Etymology 1

Noun

кап • (kap) m inan (genitive ка́па, nominative plural ка́пы, genitive plural ка́пов)

1. cape
2. nodule, woodknob, burl

Declension

Declension of кап (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́п káp	ка́пы kápy
genitive	ка́па kápa	ка́пов kápov
dative	ка́пу kápu	ка́пам kápam
accusative	ка́п káp	ка́пы kápy
instrumental	ка́пом kápom	ка́пами kápami
prepositional	ка́пе kápe	ка́пах kápax

See also

• кап-кап (kap-kap)

Etymology 2

Noun

кап • (kap) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ка́па (kápa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapь.

Noun

ка̑п f (Latin spelling kȃp)

1. drop
2. stroke (brain hemorrhage)

Declension

Declension of кап

	singular	plural
nominative	кап	капи
genitive	капи	ка́пӣ
dative	капи	капима
accusative	кап	капи
vocative	капи	капи
locative	капи	капима
instrumental	ка̑пљу	капима

Derived terms

• ка̏пљица

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *Kāp. Compare to Kazakh қап (qap), etc.

Noun

кап • (kap)

1. sack

References

L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “кап”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of кап

Chumel dialects
Narym	кап, кам
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	кием

Alternative forms

• кам

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *këm, probably from Proto-Turkic *kiān.

Compare to Turkish kan (“blood”), Chuvash юн (jun); Nganasan кам (“blood”), Ainu ケㇺ (“blood”), Tundra Nenets хэмʼ (xem, “blood”).

Noun

кап (transliteration needed) (Narym)

1. blood

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 59 of 150