лепир

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *lěpyrь; equivalent to лепя́ (lepjá, “to stick up”) +‎ -ир (-ir). Compare also Serbo-Croatian ле̏птӣр (“butterfly”) (usually thought to be of Greek origin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈpir]

Noun

лепи́р • (lepír) m

1. (obsolete) cave bat

   Synonyms: при́леп (prílep), (dialectal) ли́ляк (líljak)

2. (dialectal, in Central Bulgaria) vampire

   Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), (dialectal) (в)упир ((v)upir)

Inflection

Declension of лепир

	singular	plural
indefinite	лепир (lepir)	лепири (lepiri)
definite unspecified	лепирот (lepirot)	лепирите (lepirite)
definite proximal	лепиров (lepirov)	лепириве (lepirive)
definite distal	лепирон (lepiron)	лепирине (lepirine)
vocative	лепиру (lepiru)	лепири (lepiri)
count form	—	лепира (lepira)

Alternative forms

• липи́р (lipír), лепя́р (lepjár) — in the sense bat
• лемпи́р (lempír) — in the sense vampire, under the influence of вампи́р (vampír)

Related terms

• ле́пка (lépka, “sticky-stick; barnacle (crustecian); cleaver (weed)”)
• ле́павец m (lépavec), ле́павица f (lépavica, “foxtail grass”)
• лепи́ло (lepílo, “glue”)

References

• “лепир”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 364
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лемпи́ръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9