dropie
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Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
dropie m animal
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian дропла (dropla), 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”).[1][2]
Compare Czech drop, Polish drop and Russian дрофа (drofa). Cognate with German Trappe.
Pronunciation
Noun
dropie f (plural dropii)
- bustard, great bustard (specifically Otis tarda)
- Synonym: (regional) tuzuc
Declension
Declension of dropie
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References
- dropie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “drop”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 157–158
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “pták”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 569