капия

Bulgarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈpijə]

Etymology 1

From Turkish kapı (“door”).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

  1. (colloquial, dialect) door
  2. (backgammon) closed point, made point; a point occupied by two or more checkers, which is impassable for the opponent's checkers.
  3. (backgammon) any point on the board.

Etymology 2

From Turkish kabı, ezafe of kap (“case, vessel”), as in kılıç kabı (“sabre sheath”), with the graphemic change from ⟨b⟩ to ⟨p⟩ likely due to the influence of sense 1 of the term.

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

  1. (archaic, dialect) sheath, scabbard

Etymology 3

From капи́ (kapí).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

  1. (colloquial) A conically-shaped cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

Etymology 4

From elision of ⟨х⟩ from кахпи́я (kahpíja, “whore”) — see ку́рва (kúrva).

Noun

капи́я • (kapíja) f

  1. (colloquial) An interesting, peculiar, and funny person.

Declension
Declension of капи́я
singular plural
indefinite капи́я
kapíja		 капи́и
kapíi
definite капи́ята
kapíjata		 капи́ите
kapíite
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