serp

See also: sèrp and SERP

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛrp/

Noun

serp (plural serpe)

scarf

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan serp, from Vulgar Latin serpe(m), serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Noun

serp m (plural serps)

snake

Synonyms

serpent

Lower Sorbian

serp

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): /sɛrp/

Noun

serp m (diminutive serpik)

sickle (“agricultural implement”)

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

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian serpi, from Latin serpēns.

Noun

serp m (plural sriep)

snake

Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b'idejha b'gidma ta' serp velenuż.
Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.

Noun

serp f (plural serps)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake

Synonyms

(Surmiran) serpent
(Vallader) serpaint

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

Noun

serp m

sickle (agricultural implement)

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