rapa

Probably from rappa, a Southern Italian dialect form of grappa (“bunch of grapes”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈra.pa]

rapa f (plural rapes)

1. a bunchstem with the grapes removed
2. the inflorescence of an olive tree
3. leather of inferior quality
4. a name given to various Arum species

• rapa blava
• rapa de frare
• rapa mosquera

• “rapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Norse hrapa, from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną, *hrappa- (“fast”), from Proto-Indo-European *krb(ʰ)- (“quickly”).^[1]

rapa (third person singular past indicative rapaði, third person plural past indicative rapaðu, supine rapað)

1. (intransitive) to fall

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pa

From Proto-Finnic *rapa (“crumbly stone, crumbly substance”). Cognates include Estonian raba, Karelian rapa, Livonian ra­bā and Votic rapa.

rapa

1. dirt, mud

• “1. rapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Proto-Finnic *rapa (“dregs”), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaz. Cognates include Estonian raba, Karelian rapa, Livonian rabād, Veps raba and Votic rapa.

rapa

1. dregs, draff (settled sediment of alcoholic fermented drinks, such as beer)

   Synonyms: mäski, sakka

• “2. rapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• arpa, para

Back-formation from rapar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrapɐ]

rapa f (plural rapas)

1. strickle, levelling rod

   Synonym: rebola

   Da rapa á rebola veña o Demo e escolla (proverb)

   small choice in rotten apples

   (literally, “In between the strickle and the screed, let the demon choose”)

2. shear (the act of shearing)
3. spatula, scraper

   Synonym: espátula

4. tool for detaching mussels and barnacles from the rocks

• rapa das bestas

• rapar

• “rapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Finnic *rapa. Cognates include Finnish rapa and Estonian raba.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/, [ˈrɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/, [ˈrɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa

rapa

1. dregs (settled sediment of beer or similar alcoholic beverages)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 460

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: rà‧pa

From Latin rāpa, neuter plural of rāpum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Compare French rave, Venetian rava.

rapa f (plural rape)

1. turnip

   Carote e rape sono radici commestibili.

   Carrots and turnips are edible roots.

• cima di rapa (“turnip greens”)
• sedano rapa (“celeriac”)

• rapaio
• rapaiola
• rapanello
• rapare

rapa

1. inflection of rapare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• apar, apra, arpa, para, para-, parà

rāpa f (genitive rāpae); first declension

1. Alternative form of rāpum

First-declension noun.

rāpa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rāpum

• “rapa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rapa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• rapet
• rapte (simple past)
• rapt (past participle)

rapa

1. inflection of rape:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.pa/

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ra‧pa
• Homophone: Rapa

Perhaps borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rap.

rapa f

1. asp (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)

   Synonyms: boleń, boleń pospolity, chwat, rap

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rapa m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of rap

• rapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -apɐ

rapa m or f by sense (plural rapas)

1. (slang, São Paulo) a figure of authority who confiscates merchandise from street vendors

• camelô

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

rapa

1. lightning

From Latin rāpa, neuter plural of rāpum. Compare Italian rapa.

• IPA^(key): /rˈra.pa/
• Hyphenation: rà‧pa

rapa f (plural rapi)

1. turnip

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “rapa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3350–3351

rapa

1. inflection of rapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English rapper.

rapa (ma class, plural marapa)

1. rapper

Imitative. Cognate with Icelandic ropa.

rapa (present rapar, preterite rapade, supine rapat, imperative rapa)

1. to burp, to belch

• rap

• rapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• apar, para

From Proto-Finnic *rapa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpɑ/, [ˈrɑpɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa

rapa

1. (usually in the plural) dregs

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “rapa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn