грапа

Bulgarian

грапа

Etymology 1

Cognate with Romanian grapă. Possibly a regional form of Bulgarian гребло́ (grebló, “raker”) (cf. Serbo-Croatian гра̏бље (“rake”)) or alternatively, borrowed from Italian grappa (“hook, brace”) (?) of Germanic origin.

Noun

гра́па • (grápa) f (regional, in Western Bulgarian)

1. rake

   Synonym: (Turkish borrowing) търмъ́к (tǎrmǎ́k)

2. harrow

   Synonym: бра́на (brána)

Declension

Declension of гра́па

	singular	plural
indefinite	гра́па grápa	гра́пи grápi
definite	гра́пата grápata	гра́пите grápite

References

• “грапа¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “грапа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грапа²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 274

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gorpa or *grapa.

Noun

гра́па • (grápa) f (dialectal)

1. unevenness, ruggedness
2. (figurative) edema, swelling (as a result of injury)

Declension

Declension of гра́па

	singular
indefinite	гра́па grápa
definite	гра́пата grápata

Derived terms

• гра́пел (grápel, “bump, bulge”) (dialectal)
• гра́пав (grápav, “rough, rugged”)

References

• “грапа²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “гра́па”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 245
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грапа¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 274