rapinyar

From rapina, an earlier form of rapinya. The change of n to ny is probably due to the influence of other verbs ending in -inyar and in turn influenced the form of the noun. Cognate with Spanish rapiñar, which underwent a similar change.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.piˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ra.piˈɲaɾ]

rapinyar (first-person singular present rapinyo, first-person singular preterite rapinyí, past participle rapinyat)

1. to snatch, steal

   Synonym: robar

• rapinyador
• rapinyaire

• raptar

• “rapinyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “rapinyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “rapinyar”, 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