клепам

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Probably derived from Proto-Slavic *klepati (“to clap, to smack”) via semantic shift.

кле́пам • (klépam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кле́пна) (obsolescent)

1. (intransitive) to open and close some aperture repeatedly (e.g. of a brass instrument)
2. (intransitive) to blink, to wink (with eyes)

• кле́пвам (klépvam), кле́пкам (klépkam) (semelfactive)
• кле́пя (klépja) (causative-iterative)
• клептя́ (kleptjá, “to give a wink”) (dialectal)
• изкле́пам pf (izklépam), изкле́пвам impf (izklépvam)
• прекле́пам pf (preklépam), прекле́пвам impf (preklépvam)
• скля́пам impf (skljápam), скля́пна pf (skljápna) (dialectal)
• кле́пка (klépka), клепа́ч (klepáč, “eyelid”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клепам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435

Via a merger of Proto-Slavic *klepati (“to clap”) and *klępati (“to distort”).

кле́пам • (klépam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кле́пна) (dialectal)

1. (intransitive) to clang, to rap, to chime (to make noise by hitting something)

   Synonyms: хло́пам (hlópam), тра́кам (trákam)

2. (transitive) to hew, to strike with a tool

   Synonyms: кова́ (ková), чу́кам (čúkam)

   1. (colloquial) to smith, to mold hot iron
   2. (figurative) to toil, to botch up some task
3. (transitive, figurative) to stain, to spatter

   Synonyms: ца́пам (cápam), ма́цам (mácam)

   1. (colloquial) to scold, to rebuke, to malign

      Synonyms: хо́кам (hókam), ка́рам (káram), ху́ля (húlja), руга́я (rugája), нави́квам (navíkvam)

   2. (colloquial) to tell someone's secrets

      Synonyms: изда́вам (izdávam), по́ртя (pórtja)

   3. (colloquial) to badmouth, to stain one's reputation

      Synonyms: клеве́тя (klevétja), накле́пвам (naklépvam)

• кле́пя (klépja, a/j-conjugation)

• кле́пвам (klépvam) (semelfactive)
• закле́пам pf (zaklépam), закле́пвам impf (zaklépvam)
• накле́пам pf (naklépam), накле́пвам impf (naklépvam)
• окле́пам pf (oklépam), окле́пвам impf (oklépvam)
• разкле́пам pf (razklépam), разкле́пвам impf (razklépvam) (dialectal)
• клепа́ло (klepálo, “bell”)

• “клепам¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “клепам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “кле́пѭ, -пахъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 369
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клепам¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435

Formally from an earlier *klěpati, an elongated grade of Etymology 2.

кле́пам • (klépam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective кле́пна) (dialectal)

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of кля́пам (kljápam)
   1. to wade, to trample along a coarse terrain
   2. to trudge, to walk slowly, tiredly

      едва́ кле́пам ― edvá klépam ― to trudge with great effort

• “клепам²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014