A trap is a word that came to Russian from Old Slavonic. Despite the fact that its meaning is understandable, probably to every person, it is of interest for consideration. This interest lies in the fact that he has several shades of interpretation, the study of which is carried out in this article.
Vocabulary Formulations
The definitions of “trap” in a dictionary are as follows:
- A fixture or structure that is used to catch animals, birds, fish, insects, and so on. And also for capture (capture) and retention of someone or something.
- In a figurative sense, a trap is a dangerous place from which it is often impossible to find a way out that threatens inevitable death.
- The military is an explosive device. He is disguised as something safe or eye-catching. It works when it is approached or touched.
For a better understanding of the meaning of the word "trap", we study its origin.
Etymology
A trap is a lexeme formed from the pro-Slavic noun lov, from which also came:
- Old Slavonic "lov";
- Ukrainian “catch” - a plural noun for hunting;
- Bulgarian "fishing" in the meanings of "hunting" and "prey";
- Serbo-Croatian “louv”;
- Slovenian lòv;
- Czech lov.
From here the following verbs come in:
- Old Slavonic, Old Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian - “catch”;
- Russian - “catch”;
- Bulgarian - “catching”;
- Slovenian - lovíti;
- Czech - lovit;
- Polish - łowić;
- Upper Luga - łojić;
- Lower Luzhsk - łoiś.
Is related:
- Lithuanian: lãvyti, which means “develop”, “exercise”, pralãvinti, meaning “to teach,” lavùs in the meanings of “agile”, “dexterous”;
- Greek: λεία, which translates as “prey”, ληΐζομαι - “carry away as prey”;
- Gothic and Old Iceland launches, the meaning of which is “reward”;
- Old High German lon denoting prey;
- Old Danish lṓtam - the same as in Old High German;
- Latin lucrum, in translation - "gain";
- Irish: fo-lad - “wealth” and lúag - “praise”.
After studying the etymology, synonyms for the studied lexeme should be considered.
Synonyms
The noun “trap” is a rather large number of words. Among them are the following:
- trap;
- power;
- trap;
- rat trap;
- mousetrap;
- trouble;
- trick;
- ambush;
- network;
- top;
- measure;
- airplanes;
- power;
- venter;
- digging;
- pit;
- craftiness;
- intrigue;
- tackle;
- capacity;
- catcher;
- catcher;
- encroachment;
- design;
- attempt;
- conspiracy;
- tenet;
- intrigues;
- deja;
- Networks
- intrigues;
- evil intent;
- tricks;
- tricks;
- tricks;
- Coves
- stellarator;
- dragnet;
- seine;
- lack of money;
- ahan;
- smooth;
- fixed;
- yarucha;
- ceasing;
- chase;
- mine.
After studying synonyms, it is worth moving on to considering trap plants.
Venus flytrap
This is the name of one of the predatory trap plants. It belongs to the family of mildew genus Dionea. Distributed in marshy areas on the east coast of the United States, these are South and North Carolina. This flower captures arachnids and insects using a special hunting device.
It is formed from parts of leaves located on the edge. Thin trigger, sensitive hairs are located on them, which initiate the closing of the trap. To close the trapping apparatus, at least two of the hairs located on the sheet surface must be mechanically exposed. In this case, the interval of touches should not be more than 20 seconds.
This eliminates accidental slamming if objects are found that do not have nutritional value for the plant. For example, such as garbage, raindrops and so on. Moreover, the digestion process begins only after at least five-fold stimulation of sensitive hairs occurs.
An interesting fact is that the scientific name of the plant species is Dionaea muscipula, where the second word is translated as “mousetrap”, which is considered to be a botanist’s mistake.