Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kopněti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kopˈnɛjɐ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 618