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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěpati (to gape). Meaning “to stare, to observe with amaze” may also reflect a contraction of an earlier *заяпам from Proto-Slavic *za(j)apati (to observe).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzʲa̟pɐm]
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зя́пам (zjápam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective зя́пна)

  1. (transitive, obsolescent) to agape (one's mouth, а valve, an outlet)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to have one's mouth gaping
  3. (by extension) to stare at, to observe, to gaze with amaze
    зя́пам телевизия (transitive)zjápam televizijato watch casually TV
    зя́пам по хората (intransitive)zjápam po horatato give stares at the people

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зя́пам (zjápamf inan pl

  1. dative plural of зя́па (zjápa)