рупа

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrupɐ]

Noun

ру́па • (rúpa) f

1. (dialectal) steep downhill, precipice (delved by rain)

   Synonyms: у́рва (úrva), про́паст (própast)

Declension

Declension of ру́па

	singular	plural
indefinite	ру́па rúpa	ру́пи rúpi
definite	ру́пата rúpata	ру́пите rúpite

Derived terms

• Ру́пча (Rúpča), Ру́пчос (Rúpčos, “Rupcha”) (toponym, probably)
  • ру́пец m (rúpec), рупки́ня f (rupkínja, “Rup person”)
  • ру́пски (rúpski, “Rup”)

Related terms

• ров (rov, “ditch, trench”)
  • ро́вя (róvja, “to dig”)
    • у́рва (úrva, “precipice”)
  • рови́на (rovína, “ditch”)
• рив (riv, “ripple, gust”) (obsolete)
• ру́ха (rúha, “deformation, damage”) (obsolete)

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûpa/
• Hyphenation: ру‧па

Noun

ру̏па f (Latin spelling rȕpa, diminutive рупица, augmentative рупѐтина or рупчага)

1. pit, hole

Declension

Declension of рупа

	singular	plural
nominative	рупа	рупе
genitive	рупе	рупа
dative	рупи	рупама
accusative	рупу	рупе
vocative	рупо	рупе
locative	рупи	рупама
instrumental	рупом	рупама

Further reading

• “рупа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025