малпа

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ма́лпа (málpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫpa]

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• Rhymes: -aɫpa
• Hyphenation: мал‧па

Noun

ма́лпа • (málpa) f animal (genitive ма́лпы, nominative plural ма́лпы, genitive plural ма́лпаў, diminutive ма́лпачка)

1. ape, monkey
2. (colloquial, derogatory) an ugly person

Declension

Declension of ма́лпа (anml hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ма́лпа málpa	ма́лпы málpy
genitive	ма́лпы málpy	ма́лпаў málpaŭ
dative	ма́лпе málpje	ма́лпам málpam
accusative	ма́лпу málpu	ма́лпаў málpaŭ
instrumental	ма́лпай, ма́лпаю málpaj, málpaju	ма́лпамі málpami
locative	ма́лпе málpje	ма́лпах málpax
count form	—	ма́лпы1 málpy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “малпа”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “малпа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish małpa, from Old Polish małpa, further borrowed from Middle High German mūlaffe. Cognate with German Maulaffe, Polish małpa, maułpa and dialectal Slovak nalpa. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

малпа • (malpa) f animal (related adjective малпий)

1. ape, monkey

   Synonym: обезъꙗ́на (obezʺjána)

Descendants

• Belarusian: ма́лпа (málpa); ма́ўпа (máŭpa), на́ўпа (náŭpa) (dialectal)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ма́лфа f (málfa)
  • ⇒ Carpathian Rusyn: малфу́н m (malfún, “male monkey”)
  • ⇒ Carpathian Rusyn: малфеня́ n (malfenjá, “baby monkey”)
• Ukrainian: ма́впа (mávpa), ма́лпа (málpa); ма́лфа (málfa), мо́лфа (mólfa), на́впа (návpa), на́лпа (nálpa), на́лфа (nálfa) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: мавпі́й m (mavpíj, “male monkey”)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: мавпеня́ n (mavpenjá, “baby monkey”)

Further reading

• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “малпа”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 33
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “малпа”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 247
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “малпа”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 419