лапад

Bulgarian

спанаков лапад

Etymology

Hypercorrect spelling of ла́пат (lápat) with word-final consonant voicing. Borrowed from Greek λάπατο (lápato, “sorrel”), from Ancient Greek λάπαθον (lápathon). Further etymology uncertain.

Cognate with Albanian lëpjetë, Portuguese labaça and Italian lapazio, among others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫapɐt]
• Hyphenation^(key): ла‧пад

Noun

ла́пад • (lápad) m (relational adjective ла́падов, diminutive ла́падец) (uncountable)

1. any of the species (Rumex) of edible dock, in particular patience dock (Rumex patientia). Derived terms sometimes refer to different plant genera which resemble dock.
   1. the leaves of the plant
   2. a meal prepared from the leaves of the plant

Declension

Declension of ла́пад

	singular
indefinite	ла́пад lápad
definite (subject form)	ла́падът lápadǎt
definite (object form)	ла́пада lápada

Derived terms

• бла́тен ла́пад (bláten lápad) (marsh dock; Rumex palustris)
• гради́нски ла́пад (gradínski lápad), спана́ков ла́пад (spanákov lápad) (patience dock; Rumex patientia)
• горчи́в ла́пад (gorčív lápad), див ла́пад (div lápad) (Good King Henry; Blitum bonus-henricus)
• жълт ла́пад (žǎlt lápad), къ́драв ла́пад (kǎ́drav lápad) (curled dock, yellow dock; Rumex crispus)
• къ́рвавочерве́н ла́пад (kǎ́rvavočervén lápad) (bloody dock; Rumex sanguineus)
• тъполи́стен ла́пад (tǎpolísten lápad) (broad-leaved dock; Rumex obtusifolius)
• краси́в ла́пад (krasív lápad) (fiddle dock; Rumex pulcher)

References

• “лапад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лапад”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лапад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 310
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лапат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 311