Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Probably of expressive or onomatopoeic origin, similar to Bulgarian цепя (cepja, to cleave), депвам (depvam, to strike), тепам (tepam, to beat, to stomp), клепам (klepam, to blunt, to dull an edge). Attested also in Serbo-Croatian ге̏пити (to steal)

Compare also Russian го́пник (gópnik, hooligan, ill-mannered person).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛpʲɐ]
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Verb

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ге́пя (gépja) first-singular present indicativepf

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to steal, to snatch
    Synonym: крада (krada)

Conjugation

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  • кепцам (kepcam, to get into debt, to borrow a loan without paying it back)

References

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  • гепя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гепя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 237