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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 285