# krap
## Afrikaans
### Etymology 1

From Dutch krab, from Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

krap (plural krappe, diminutive krappie)
* crab
* (uncountable) crab meat
* (uncountable) bait made from crab meat
* (botany, uncommon) devil's claw (plant of the genus Harpagophytum), especially when referring to the seeds

##### Synonyms

* (bait): krapaas
* (plant): duiwelsklou, kloudoring

### Etymology 2

From Dutch krabben, from Middle Dutch crabben, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krabbōną. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Verb

krap (present krap, present participle krappende, past participle gekrap)
* to scratch
* to scrape
* to write quickly, sloppily and illegibly
* to rummage; to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity
    Hy krap alweer in haar goed.He is rummaging through her things again.

##### Synonyms

* (to scrape): skraap
* (to rummage): grou

##### Derived terms

* krapmerk
* krapperig

## Albanian
### Etymology 1

From South Slavic; compare Bulgarian крап (krap), Serbo-Croatian krȁp.

#### Noun

krap m (plural krapa, definite krapi, definite plural krapat)
* (zoology) carp
* (figurative, derogatory) oaf, fool
* (northern Gheg) kind of snapdragon, variety of orchid

##### Derived terms

* krapuliq

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *krapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁p- (“strong”) (compare Welsh craff, Serbo-Croatian krȉjep).

#### Noun

krap m (definite krapi)
* (anatomy) collarbone, clavicle
    Synonyms: heqës, klavikul

##### Derived terms

* krape, krapje

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krap¹”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 194
* ↑ Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 137.
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krap²”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 194

### Further reading

* “krap”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “krap”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 213

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /krɑp/
* Homophone: krab
* Rhymes: -ɑp

### Adjective

krap (comparative krapper, superlative krapst)
* without much room, narrow, close

#### Derived terms

* krap bij kas

## Icelandic
### Alternative forms

* krapi m

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰraːp/
* Rhymes: -aːp

### Noun

krap n (genitive singular kraps, nominative plural kröp)
* slush (half-melted snow or ice)
    Synonym: krepja

#### Derived terms

* karl í krapinu (“dauntless and strong”)
* krapelgur (“wet slush”)
* krapkenndur (“slushy”)

## Mauritian Creole
### Alternative forms

* krab

### Etymology

From French crabe.

### Noun

krap
* crab

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korpъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krâp/

### Noun

krȁp m (Cyrillic spelling кра̏п)
* carp
    Synonym: šàran

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “krap”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korpъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kráp/

### Noun

krȁp m anim
* carp

#### Further reading

* “Krap”, in European Commission: Food, farming, fisheries‎, 2020, archived from the original on 2020-09-11
* “krap”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024