гропа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of substrate origin (Thracian?), cognate/related to Romanian groapă (“hole, pit”), Albanian gropë (“pit”). Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrep-, a variant of *gʰrebʰ- (“to scoop”). Doublet of гроб (grob, “grave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrɔpɐ]
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Noun

гро́па • (grópa) f (dialectal, obsolescent)

  1. concave form (pit, groove, dike) used for soothing hazardous materials such as quicklime or live coals

Declension
Declension of гро́па
singular plural
indefinite гро́па
grópa		 гро́пи
grópi
definite гро́пата
grópata		 гро́пите
grópite

Derived terms
  • гропа́н (gropán) (augmentative)

References
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гропа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 285
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