Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dripa

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

Feminine of the sparsely attested *dripъ +‎ *-a, most likely derived from Pre-Slavic *driti (“to tow, to pluck”) +‎ *-pъ, either continuing Proto-Indo-European *drey- (“to tear off, to pluck”) or Proto-Indo-European *dʰrey- (“to tow, to drive”) (or both). ESSJa suggests a native Slavic origin and excludes direct relation to possible cognates such as Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “thrips”), Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive, to propel”).

Noun

*dripa f

1. rupture
2. rag, tatter

   (by generalization) → cloth

Alternative forms

• *dripъ m

Declension

Declension of *dripa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dripa	*dripě	*dripy
genitive	*dripy	*dripu	*dripъ
dative	*dripě	*dripama	*dripamъ
accusative	*dripǫ	*dripě	*dripy
instrumental	*dripojǫ, *dripǫ**	*dripama	*dripami
locative	*dripě	*dripu	*dripasъ, *dripaxъ*
vocative	*dripo	*dripě	*dripy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *dьrpati (“to pull, to drag”)
• *drapati (“to scratch”)
• *drika (“pulling cart (without a driver), hearse”)

Derived terms

• *dripati (“to wear off”)
• *dripavъ (“shabby, ratty”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: дри́пи (drýpy) (pl.)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дрипъ (dripŭ, “rupture (on cloths)”)
  • Bulgarian: дри́па (drípa)
  • Macedonian: дрипа (dripa, “cloth”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дри̏па

    Latin script: drȉpa

  • Slovene: drípa (“diarrhea”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dříp, dřípa
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dripa

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dripa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 115
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дрипа”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 428