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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drapati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Commonly considered an extension of *dьrati (“to tear, to flay”) + *-pati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Likely akin to Ancient Greek δρώπτω (drṓptō, “to gaze, to look”), Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to reap, to harvest”) and Sanskrit दर्पण (darpaṇa, “mirror”). Possibly also related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).
Verb
*drāpàti impf[1]
- to scratch, to scrabble
- to hightail, to flee (under pressure)
- (by extension) to strive for, to struggle
Inflection
Conjugation of *drapati, *drapa, *drapajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *drapanьje | *drapati | *drapatъ | *drapalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *drapanъ | *drapajemъ |
| Active | *drapavъ | *drapaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *drapaxъ | *drapa | *drapa | *drapajǫ | *drapaješi | *drapajetь |
| Dual | *drapaxově | *drapasta | *drapaste | *drapajevě | *drapajeta | *drapajete |
| Plural | *drapaxomъ | *drapaste | *drapašę | *drapajemъ | *drapajete | *drapajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *drapaaxъ | *drapaaše | *drapaaše | — | *drapaji | *drapaji |
| Dual | *drapaaxově | *drapaašeta | *drapaašete | *drapajivě | *drapajita | — |
| Plural | *drapaaxomъ | *drapaašete | *drapaaxǫ | *drapajimъ | *drapajite | — |
Related terms
- *drabъ (“stair, spike”)
- *dьrpati (“to pull, to stretch”)
Derived terms
- *drasati (“to rip apart”)
- *draskati (“to scrape, to draw”)
- *drapežь (“plunder, robbery”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дра́паць (drápacʹ)
- Russian: дра́пать (drápatʹ)
- Ukrainian: дра́пати (drápaty), дря́пати (drjápaty)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дра́пам (drápam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дра́пати
- Latin: drápati
- Slovene: drápati
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: drápati
- Czech: drápat
- Kashubian: drapac
- Polish: drapać
- Slovak: driapať
- Slovincian: drȧ̃păc
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: drapaś
- Upper Sorbian: drapać
- Old Czech: drápati
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “драпать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “драпам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 421
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drāpàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “v. ‘scratch’”