Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dripa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Feminine of the sparsely attested *dripъ +‎ *-a, most likely derived from Pre-Slavic *driti (“to tow, to pluck”) +‎ *-pъ, either continuing Proto-Indo-European *drey- (“to tear off, to pluck”) or Proto-Indo-European *dʰrey- (“to tow, to drive”) (or both). ESSJa suggests a native Slavic origin and excludes direct relation to possible cognates such as Ancient Greek θρίψ (thríps, “thrips”), Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive, to propel”).

Noun

*dripa f

rupture
rag, tatter
(by generalization) → cloth

Alternative forms

*dripъ m

Declension

Declension of *dripa (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dripa	*dripě	*dripy
Accusative	*dripǫ	*dripě	*dripy
Genitive	*dripy	*dripu	*dripъ
Locative	*dripě	*dripu	dripasъ, dripaxъ^*
Dative	*dripě	*dripama	*dripamъ
Instrumental	dripojǫ, dripǫ^**	*dripama	*dripami
Vocative	*dripo	*dripě	*dripy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*dьrpati (“to pull, to drag”)
*drapati (“to scratch”)
*drika (“pulling cart (without a driver), hearse”)

Derived terms

*dripati (“to wear off”)
*dripavъ (“shabby, ratty”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: дри́пи (drýpy) (pl.)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дрипъ (dripŭ, “rupture (on cloths)”)
- Bulgarian: дри́па (drípa)
- Macedonian: дрипа (dripa, “cloth”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дри̏па
  Latin: drȉpa
- Slovene: drípa (“diarrhea”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: dříp, dřípa
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: dripa