סערפּ
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sírpas, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Compare Russian серп (serp), Old Church Slavonic срьпъ (srĭpŭ, “sickle”), Bulgarian сърп (sǎrp), Czech srp, Polish sierp, Latvian sirpis, Greek ἅρπη (hárpē) and Latin sarpiō.
Noun
[edit]סערפּ • (serp) m