serp

See also: sèrp, SERP, and серп

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/

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Noun

serp (plural serpe)

1. scarf

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈserp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈseɾp]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

serp f (plural serps)

1. snake

   Synonym: serpent

Derived terms

• serp corall
• serp de cascavell
• serp de vidre
• serp fuet
• serp gat
• serp llop
• serp marina
• serp tigre
• serp verda
• serp verda i groga
• serpejar
• serpeta

References

• “serp”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “serp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian serp, Polish sierp, Czech srp, Serbo-Croatian sȓp, Russian серп (serp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrp/
• Rhymes: -ɛrp
• Syllabification: serp

Noun

serp m inan (diminutive serpik)

1. sickle

Declension

Declension of serp

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	serp	serpa	serpy
Genitive	serpa	serpowu	serpow
Dative	serpoju	serpoma	serpam
Accusative	serp	serpa	serpy
Instrumental	serpom	serpoma	serpami
Locative	serpje	serpoma	serpach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “serp”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “serp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian serpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrp/
• Rhymes: -ɛrp

Noun

serp m (plural sriep, feminine serpa, diminutive srejjep)

1. snake

   Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b’idejha b’gidma ta’ serp velenuż.

   Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.

Related terms

• serpa
• serpent
• serpentin
• serpentun

See also

• lifgħa

Romansch

Alternative forms

• siarp (Sursilvan)
• zearp (Sutsilvan)
• zerp (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.

Noun

serp f (plural serps)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake

Synonyms

• (Surmiran) serpent
• (Vallader) serpaint

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʀp/
• Rhymes: -ɛʀp
• Homophone: Serb
• Hyphenation: serp
• Syllabification: serp

Noun

serp m inan

1. sickle (agricultural utensil consisting of a short handle to which a curved and narrow steel or iron blade, with a serrated edge, is attached, used for mowing or harvesting)

Declension

Declension of serp (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	serp	serpaj	serpy
genitive	serpa	serpow	serpow
dative	serpej	serpomaj	serpam
accusative	serp	serpaj	serpy
instrumental	serpom	serpomaj	serpami
locative	serpje	serpomaj	serpach
vocative	serpo, serpje	serpaj	serpy

References

• “serp” in Soblex