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Croatica et Slavica Iadertina, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2021.

Original scientific paper

Caparin ‘čiopa’

Nikola Vuletić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-9933 ; University of Zadar, Center for Adriatic Onomastics and Ethnolinguistics, Zadar, Croatia
Hrvoje Bazina orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1116-2729 ; University of Zadar, Center for Adriatic Onomastics and Ethnolinguistics, Zadar, Croatia

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Abstract

This article deals with one of the Croatian names for swifts, caparin. This lexical type is represented exclusively in Croatian Adriatic dialects, mostly in northern Dalmatia. The first part of the article presents a geolinguistic analysis of its areal relation with other types of names for these birds in Croatian Adriatic dialects, especially to kosir which dominates the neighbouring areas of Kvarner and central Dalmatia. The areal distribution offers a framework for interpreting the historical dynamics of this lexical type. The second part of the article proposes the etymology of the ornithonym caparin after discussing its history and the motivational patterns in the names of swifts in the Adriatic cultural space.

Keywords

areal distribution; caparin; swift; etymology; Croatian Adriatic dialects

Hrčak ID:

266312

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266312

Publication date:

7.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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