хапка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Deverbal from ха́пя (hápja, “to bite off”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxapkɐ]

Noun

хáпка • (hápka) f (diminutive ха́пчица)

1. bite, chunk (something bitten off)
2. (figurative) small piece, bit

   хапка по хапка (idiom) ― hapka po hapka ― bit by bit, piece by piece

3. (by extension) small meal, snack

   отивам на хапка ― otivam na hapka ― to go have a snack

Declension

Declension of ха́пка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ха́пка hápka	ха́пки hápki
definite	ха́пката hápkata	ха́пките hápkite

Related terms

• уха́пък (uhápǎk, “bite mark”) (dialectal)

See also

• хап (hap, “pill, dose of remedy”) (Arabic loanword, etymologically unrelated)

References

• “хапка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хапка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “ха́пка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 486

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxapkə]

Noun

хáпка • (xápka) f inan (genitive хáпки, nominative plural хáпки, genitive plural хáпк)

1. dose, pull, shot (of a psychoactive substance)

   Synonym: напас (napas)

Declension

Declension of ха́пка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́пка xápka	ха́пки xápki
genitive	ха́пки xápki	ха́пок xápok
dative	ха́пке xápke	ха́пкам xápkam
accusative	ха́пку xápku	ха́пки xápki
instrumental	ха́пкой, ха́пкою xápkoj, xápkoju	ха́пками xápkami
prepositional	ха́пке xápke	ха́пках xápkax