гропа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of substrate origin (Thracian?), cognate/related to Romanian groapă (“hole, pit”), Albanian gropë (“pit”). Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrep-, a variant of *gʰrebʰ- (“to scoop”). Doublet of гроб (grob, “grave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɔpɐ]
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Noun

гро́па • (grópa) f (dialectal, obsolescent)

concave form (pit, groove, dike) used for soothing hazardous materials such as quicklime or live coals

Declension

Declension of гро́па
	singular	plural
indefinite	гро́па grópa	гро́пи grópi
definite	гро́пата grópata	гро́пите grópite

Derived terms

гропа́н (gropán) (augmentative)

References

Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гропа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 285