купя

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupiti (“to purchase”), of Gothic origin.

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ку́пя • (kúpja) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective купу́вам)

1. (transitive) to buy, to purchase

   тря́бва да ку́пя плодове́ и зеленчу́ци

   trjábva da kúpja plodové i zelenčúci

   ought to buy fruit and vegetables

2. (transitive) to procure, to attain for a fee (product, service, commodity)

   Synonym: наба́вя (nabávja)

3. (reflexive with си) to purchase, to procure for oneself

   ку́пих си но́ва дре́шка

   kúpih si nóva dréška

   have bought a new dress

• “купя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “купя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “ку́пѭ, -ишь; -пи́лъ”, 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 433
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “купя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 142

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupiti (“to pile”). Synchronically, the causative-iterative of куп (kup, “pile, heap”).

In the modern language, perceived as an imperfective variant of Etymology 1.

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купя́ • (kupjá) first-singular present indicative, impf (obsolete, dialectal)

1. (transitive) to aggregate, to amass, to stack up

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куп¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 138

• пуяк (pujak)