пипе

Bulgarian

Пипе

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from the call пи-пи (pi-pi) +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɛ]

Noun

пи́пе • (pípe) n (relational adjective пи́пешки, diminutive пи́пенце)

1. (dialectal) chick, young of birds

   Synonym: пи́ле (píle)

2. (figurative) mind, nous

   Synonyms: ум (um), разсъ́дък (razsǎ́dǎk), акъ́л (akǎ́l)

Declension

Declension of пи́пе

	singular	plural
indefinite	пи́пе pípe	пи́пета pípeta
definite	пи́пето pípeto	пи́петата pípetata

Derived terms

• пи́пка (pípka, “anthrax”) (dialectal)

References

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