дропла

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Дропла

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dropľа, *dropy, probably a back-formation of Proto-Slavic *dьropъty (fleeing bird).

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Noun

дро́пла (dróplaf

  1. bustard (bird of family Otidae), in particular great bustard (Otis tarda)
  2. (figurative) clumsy, sluggish woman

Declension

Declension of дро́пла
singular plural
indefinite дро́пла
drópla
дро́пли
drópli
definite дро́плата
dróplata
дро́плите
dróplite
vocative form дро́пло
dróplo
дро́пли
drópli

Alternative forms

Hyponyms

  • дро́пам (drópam, to trample, to wade over wet surface) (dialectal)

References

  • дропла”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дропла”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дропла”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 431

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dropъty, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (run) and the other from Proto-Slavic *pъta (bird), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (a young, a child, a little animal).

Cognate to Russian дрофа (drofa), Czech drop, Polish drop, Romanian dropie.

Pronunciation

Noun

дропла (droplaf (plural дропли)

  1. great bustard

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “drop”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 157–158
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “pták”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 569