drapa

See also: drápa, dråpå, dräpa, and драпа

English

Alternative forms

• drápa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Norse drápabor.

English drapa

Borrowed from Old Norse drápa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑːpə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːpə

Noun

drapa (plural drapur)

1. A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
   • 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)

     Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse —

Anagrams

• DARPA, padar

French

Verb

drapa

1. third-person singular past historic of draper

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• drapjo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrapa]

Verb

drapa

1. third-person singular present of drapaś

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• drapene

Noun

drapa n

1. definite plural of drap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

drapa n

1. definite plural of drap

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): [ˈdra.pa]

Noun

drapa m inan

1. (Żywiec) small, sparse spruce forest

Further reading

• Izydor Kopernicki (1875), “drapa”, in “Spostrzeżenia nad właściwościami językowémi w mowie Górali Bieskidowych z dodatkiem słowniczka wyrazów góralskich”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I)‎^[1], volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 369

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French draper.

Verb

a drapa (third-person singular present drapează, past participle drapat) 1st conjugation

1. to drape

Conjugation

    conjugation of drapa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a drapa
gerund			drapând
past participle			drapat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	drapez	drapezi	drapează	drapăm	drapați	drapează
	imperfect	drapam	drapai	drapa	drapam	drapați	drapau
	simple perfect	drapai	drapași	drapă	draparăm	draparăți	drapară
	pluperfect	drapasem	drapaseși	drapase	drapaserăm	drapaserăți	drapaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să drapez	să drapezi	să drapeze	să drapăm	să drapați	să drapeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		drapează			drapați
	negative		nu drapa			nu drapați

Swedish

Etymology

From Icelandic drápa, likely originally in the sense "song over a slain man". Doublet of dråp and dräpa.

Noun

drapa c

1. panegyric
2. (ironic) polemical article

Declension

Declension of drapa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	drapa	drapas
	definite	drapan	drapans
plural	indefinite	drapor	drapors
	definite	draporna	drapornas

References

• “drapa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “drapa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “drapa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)