Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Per BER, an archaic duplicated iterative from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to flow, to fold, to drive).

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Verb edit

пъ́пля (pǎ́plja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective пъ́плям)

  1. (intransitive) to creep, to slither, to slug (for arthropod or another small creature)
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to proceed, to propagate, to spread slowly or in small steps
  3. (dialectal, intransitive) to simmer, to burble, to brew on slow fire (for food preparation)
    Synonym: къ́кря (kǎ́krja)

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References edit

  • пъпля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пъпля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пъпля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 65