Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlopati, possibly onomatopoeic.

Verb

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хло́пам (hlópam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective хло́пна)

  1. (intransitive) to knock, to clap, to rap, to clatter (to produce loud rattling or clanking noise)
    Synonyms: чу́кам (čúkam), тра́кам (trákam), дръ́нча (drǎ́nča)
    ня́кой хло́па отвъ́н
    njákoj hlópa otvǎ́n
    somebody is knocking outside
  2. (transitive) to trample, to slam, to smash (to inflict force with accompanying clapping noise)
    Synonyms: ца́пвам (cápvam), тръ́швам (trǎ́švam)
    хо́пнах си глава́та в ръ́ба на ма́сата
    hópnah si glaváta v rǎ́ba na másata
    [I] have hit my head at the table's edge

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • хлопам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хлопам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010