Trap is Definition and meaning of the word

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:40

Trap is a word that came into Russian from Old Church Slavonic. Despite the fact that its meaning is understood, probably, by every person, it is of interest for consideration. This interest lies in the fact that it has several shades of interpretation, the study of which is carried out in this article.

Dictionary statements

The dictionary definitions for "trap" are as follows:

1. A device or structure used to catch animals, birds, fish, insects, and so on. And also to capture (capture) and hold someone or something.
2. Figuratively, a trap is a dangerous place from which it is often impossible to find a way out, which threatens with inevitable death.
3. The military has an explosive device. It is disguised as something safe or attracting attention. It fires when approached or touched.

To better understand the meaning of the word "trap", let's study its origin.

Etymology

Trap is a lexeme formed from the Proto-Slavic noun lov, from which they also originated:

• Old Church Slavonic "lov";
• Ukrainian "catch" - plural noun denoting hunting;
• Bulgarian "catch" meaning "hunt" and "prey";
• Serbo-Croatian "lȏv";
• Slovenian lòv;
• Czech lov.

This is where the following verbs come from:

• Old Church Slavonic, Old Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian - “catch”;
• in Russian - "to catch";
• Bulgarian - "catching";
• Slovenian – lovíti;
• in Czech – lovit;
• Polish – łowić;
• Upper Luga – łojić;
• Lower Luga – łoiś.

Is related to:

• Lithuanian: lãvyti meaning "to develop", "exercise", pralãvinti meaning "to teach", lavùs meaning "agile", "dexterous";
• Greek: λεία, which translates as "booty", ληΐζοΜαι - "carry away as booty";
• Gothic and Old Norse laun, meaning "reward";
• Old High German lon meaning prey;
• Old Norse lṓtam – same as Old High German;
• Latin lucrum, translated as “winning”;
• Irish: fo-lad - "we alth" and lúag - "praise".

After studying the etymology, we should consider synonyms for the studied lexeme.

Synonyms

UThe noun "trap" is a fairly large number of words. Among them are the following:

• trap;
• snares;
• trap;
• rattrap;
• mousetrap;
• nuisance;
• trick;
• ambush;
• network;
• top;
• merezha;
• samolov;
• snares;
• venter;
• digging;
• pit;
• cunning;
• intrigue;
• tackle;
• capacity;
• catcher;
• catcher;
• assault;
• design;
• attempt;
• conspiracy;
• netet;
• intrigues;
• deja;
• networks;
• intrigues;
• malicious intent;
• tricks;
• tricks;
• tricks;
• kovy;
• stellarator;
• nonsense;
• net;
• nedota;
• achan;
• smooth;
• set;
• yarucha;
• stop;
• drive;
• mina.

After studying the synonyms, it is worth moving on to the consideration of the trap plant.

Venus flytrap

This is the name of one of the carnivorous trap plants. It belongs to the Rosnyaceae family of the Dioneus genus. Distributed in swampy areas on the east coast of the United States, these are South and North Carolina. This flower captures arachnids and insects with a special trapping device.

It is formed from parts of leaves located on the edge. They are thin trigger, sensitive, hairs, whichthe trap is triggered. To close the trapping apparatus, a mechanical effect must be exerted on at least two of the hairs on the surface of the leaf. In this case, the interval of touches should not be more than 20 seconds.

This prevents accidental slamming if objects are encountered that have no nutritional value for the plant. For example, such as garbage, raindrops and so on. Moreover, the process of digestion begins only after at least five times stimulation of sensitive hairs occurs.

An interesting fact is that the scientific name of the plant species is Dionaea muscipula, where the second word translates as "mousetrap", which is commonly believed to be a botanist's mistake.