рапон
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From (Balkan) Proto-Slavic *raponъ, of substrate origin. Compare Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos, “cabbage”), Latin Raphanus (“radish”). Equivalent to Човек от стрелча (Čovek ot strelča, “radish”) (dialectal) + -он (-on).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]рапо́н • (rapón) m (relational adjective рапо́нов, diminutive рапо́нче)
- (dialectal) radish (species Raphanus sativus)
- Synonym: ре́пичка (répička)
- (figurative, derogatory) dumbhead
Declension
[edit]Declension of рапо́н
Derived terms
[edit]- рапо́нест (rapónest, “radish-like”)
Related terms
[edit]- ря́па (rjápa, “turnip”)
- ре́пичка (répička, “radish”)
- ре́пей (répej, “burdock, lappa”)
- ре́пица (répica), ра́пица (rápica, “rapeseed”)
References
[edit]- “рапон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “рапон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рапон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 185