Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kopněti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kopˈnɛjɐ]
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Verb

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копне́я (kopnéja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to melt in parts (for snow, ice)
  2. (intransitive) to yearn, to long for
  3. (figuratively, dialectally) to lose wight, to thin

Conjugation

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References

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  • копнея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “копнея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 618