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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrpati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *dьràti (to tear, to flay) + *-pati.

Verb

*dьrpàti impf (perfective *dьrpnǫti)

  1. to pull, to drag
  2. to stretch
    (by extension) → to tear apart

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *dьrpavъ (ragged, tattered)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дъ́рпам (dǎ́rpam)
    • Macedonian: др́па (dŕpa)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: др́пати
      Latin script: dŕpati
    • Slovene: dŕpati

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrpati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 225
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърпам, дръпвам, дръпна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 464
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