дропла

Bulgarian

Дропла

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dropľа, *dropy, probably a back-formation of Proto-Slavic *dьropъty (“fleeing bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔpɫɐ]

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Noun

дро́пла • (drópla) f

1. bustard (bird of family Otidae), in particular great bustard (Otis tarda)
2. (figurative) clumsy, sluggish woman

Declension

Declension of дро́пла

	singular	plural
indefinite	дро́пла drópla	дро́пли drópli
definite	дро́плата dróplata	дро́плите dróplite
vocative form	дро́пло dróplo	дро́пли drópli

Alternative forms

• дро́пя (drópja), дро́хва (dróhva) — dialectal

Hyponyms

• голя́ма дро́пла (goljáma drópla, “great bustard, Otis tarda”)
• ма́лка дро́пла (málka drópla, “little bustard, Otis tarda”)
• пусти́нна дро́пла (pustínna drópla, “houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata”) (literally: desert bustard)

Related terms

• дро́пам (drópam, “to trample, to wade over wet surface”) (dialectal)

References

• “дропла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дропла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дропла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 431

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dropъty, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“run”) and the other from Proto-Slavic *pъta (“bird”), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (“a young, a child, a little animal”).

Cognate to Russian дрофа (drofa), Czech drop, Polish drop, Romanian dropie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔpɫa]

Noun

дропла • (dropla) f (plural дропли)

1. great bustard