черпя

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чрьпати (črĭpati), from Proto-Slavic *čьrpati.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrpʲɐ]
  • Hyphenation(key): чер‧пя

Verb

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че́рпя (čérpja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to draw, to scoop (water with a vessel)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to draw (to take from a source of information)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to draw, to derive (of wisdom, inspiration, strength, etc)
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to treat (to offer food or drink at one's own expense or as a display of hospitality)
    Аз че́рпяAz čérpjaIt's my treat. or I'm buying. or It's on me.
    Ба́ба ви́наги ме че́рпи с кекс.Bába vínagi me čérpi s keks.Grandma always treats me to a cake.
  5. (reflexive with се) to treat oneself (to food and/or drink) (also in a reciprocal sense when in the plural)

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References

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  • черпя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • черпя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “чрьпати”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 1204