Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

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According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, possibly an amalgamation of жу́ля (žúlja, to scour) and лу́пя (lúpja, to fray).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒu̟pʲɐ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

жу́пя (žúpja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective жу́лна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to peel the skin/bark/shell of a plant
    жупя царевицаžupja carevicato peel [the shell of] а maize

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • жупя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “жю́пя, -ишь; -пилъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 117
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жупя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 560