Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drapati

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

Commonly considered an extension of *dьrati (“to tear, to flay”) +‎ *-pati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Likely akin to Ancient Greek δρώπτω (drṓptō, “to gaze, to look”), Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to reap, to harvest”) and Sanskrit दर्पण (darpaṇa, “mirror”). Possibly also related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).

Verb

*drāpàti impf

1. to scratch, to scrabble
2. to hightail, to flee (under pressure)
3. (by extension) to strive for, to struggle

Inflection

Conjugation of *drapati, *drapa, *drapajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*drapanьje	*drapati	*drapatъ	*drapalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*drapanъ	*drapajemъ
Active	*drapavъ	*drapaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drapaxъ	*drapa	*drapa	*drapajǫ	*drapaješi	*drapajetь
Dual	*drapaxově	*drapasta	*drapaste	*drapajevě	*drapajeta	*drapajete
Plural	*drapaxomъ	*drapaste	*drapašę	*drapajemъ	*drapajete	*drapajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drapaaxъ	*drapaaše	*drapaaše	—	*drapaji	*drapaji
Dual	*drapaaxově	*drapaašeta	*drapaašete	*drapajivě	*drapajita	—
Plural	*drapaaxomъ	*drapaašete	*drapaaxǫ	*drapajimъ	*drapajite	—

Related terms

• *drabъ (“stair, spike”)
• *dьrpati (“to pull, to stretch”)

Derived terms

• *drasati (“to rip apart”)
• *draskati (“to scrape, to draw”)
• *drapežь (“plunder, robbery”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дра́паць (drápacʹ)
  • Russian: дра́пать (drápatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: дра́пати (drápaty), дря́пати (drjápaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дра́пам (drápam)
  • Macedonian: дра́па (drápa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дра́пати

    Latin script: drápati

  • Slovene: drápati
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: drápati
    • Czech: drápat
  • Kashubian: drapac
  • Polish: drapać
  • Slovak: driapať
  • Slovincian: drapac
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: drapaś
    • Upper Sorbian: drapać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “драпать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драпам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 421