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
• rapejar

• “rapa”, 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

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
• Hyphenation^(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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

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]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• 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: espadela

4. tool for detaching mussels and barnacles from the rocks

• rapa das bestas

• rapar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

rapa

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

Declension of rapa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	rapa	ravat
genitive	ravan	rappoin
partitive	rappaa	rapoja
illative	rappaa	rappoi
inessive	ravas	ravois
elative	ravast	ravoist
allative	ravalle	ravoille
adessive	raval	ravoil
ablative	ravalt	ravoilt
translative	ravaks	ravoiks
essive	rapanna, rappaan	rapoinna, rappoin
exessive1)	rapant	rapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• 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, Venetan 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

Back-formation of Italian rapina (“robbery”)

rapa (f)

1. (Romanesco, slang) robbery

• 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, 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): /ˈrɑː.pɑ/
• Rhymes: -āpa

rāpa

1. genitive plural of rāp

• 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 fish (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

Deverbal from rapar (“to scrape”).

rapa m or f by sense (plural rapas)

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

• camelô

rapa

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

• “rapa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rapa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 class V (plural marapa class VI)

1. rapper

May be imitative. Compare Icelandic ropa, Norwegian Bokmål rape, Danish ræbe and Norwegian Nynorsk rapa.

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

Declension of rapa (type III/jalkõ, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rapa	ravad
genitive	rava	rapojõ, rapoi
partitive	rappa	rapoitõ, rapoi
illative	rappasõ, rappa	rapoisõ
inessive	ravaz	rapoiz
elative	ravassõ	rapoissõ
allative	ravalõ	rapoilõ
adessive	ravallõ	rapoillõ
ablative	ravaltõ	rapoiltõ
translative	ravassi	rapoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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